A Strange Wild Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFCFDF GHCHDH IJCJDJ KLCLDL MDCDND| He thought he saw an Elephant | A |
| That practised on a fife | B |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A letter from his wife | B |
| At length I realize he said | D |
| The bitterness of life | B |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Buffalo | E |
| Upon the chimney piece | F |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| His Sister's Husband's Niece | F |
| Unless you leave this house he said | D |
| I'll send for the police | F |
| - | |
| he thought he saw a Rattlesnake | G |
| That questioned him in Greek | H |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| The Middle of Next Week | H |
| The one thing I regret he said | D |
| Is that it cannot speak | H |
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| He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk | I |
| Descending from the bus | J |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Hippopotamus | J |
| If this should stay to dine he said | D |
| There won't be much for us | J |
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| He thought he saw a Kangaroo | K |
| That worked a Coffee mill | L |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Vegetable Pill | L |
| Were I to swallow this he said | D |
| I should be very ill | L |
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| He thought he saw a Coach and Four | M |
| That stood beside his bed | D |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Bear without a Head | D |
| Poor thing he said poor silly thing | N |
| It's waiting to be fed | D |
Lewis Carroll
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