The Pillar Box Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEFE GGGGHG GEGECEThe 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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