The Pillar Box Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEFE GGGGHG GEGECE| The pillar box is fat and red | A |
| The pillar box is high | B |
| It has the flattest sort of head | A |
| And not a nose or eye | B |
| But just one open nigger mouth | C |
| That grins when I go by | B |
| - | |
| The pillar box is very round | D |
| But hungry all the day | E |
| Although it doesn't make a sound | D |
| Folks know it wants to say | E |
| Give me some letter sandwiches | F |
| To pass the time away | E |
| - | |
| A postage stamp I like to eat | G |
| Or gummy letterette | G |
| I see the people on the street | G |
| If it is fine or wet | G |
| Give something to the greedy thing | H |
| They never quite forget | G |
| - | |
| The pillar box is quite a friend | G |
| When Father goes away | E |
| My Mother has such lots to send | G |
| Far letters every day | E |
| And so I drop them in its mouth | C |
| When I go out to play | E |
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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