The Pillar Box Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEFE GGGGHG GEGECE

The pillar box is fat and redA
The pillar box is highB
It has the flattest sort of headA
And not a nose or eyeB
But just one open nigger mouthC
That grins when I go byB
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The pillar box is very roundD
But hungry all the dayE
Although it doesn't make a soundD
Folks know it wants to sayE
Give me some letter sandwichesF
To pass the time awayE
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A postage stamp I like to eatG
Or gummy letteretteG
I see the people on the streetG
If it is fine or wetG
Give something to the greedy thingH
They never quite forgetG
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The pillar box is quite a friendG
When Father goes awayE
My Mother has such lots to sendG
Far letters every dayE
And so I drop them in its mouthC
When I go out to playE

Katherine Mansfield



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Michael O'Keefe: I am 85 now. I learned the poem in Newry when I was 7. Recited it in town hall.! Awarded 'merit' certificate
 

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