Father William Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DED FGF HIH JGJ KLK MNM OP NQ GR| 'You are old father William ' the young man said | A |
| 'And your hair has become very white | B |
| And yet you incessantly stand on your head | A |
| Do you think at your age it is right ' | C |
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| 'In my youth ' father William replied to his son | D |
| 'I feared it would injure the brain | E |
| But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none | D |
| Why I do it again and again ' | - |
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| 'You are old ' said the youth 'as I mentioned before | F |
| And have grown most uncommonly fat | G |
| Yet you turned a back somersault in at the door | F |
| Pray what is the reason of that ' | - |
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| 'In my youth ' said the sage as he shook his grey locks | H |
| 'I kept all my limbs very supple | I |
| By the use of this ointment one shilling the box | H |
| Allow me to sell you a couple ' | - |
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| 'You are old ' said the youth 'and your jaws are too weak | J |
| For anything tougher than suet | G |
| Yet you finished the goose with the bones and the beak | J |
| Pray how did you manage to do it ' | - |
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| 'In my youth ' said his father 'I took to the law | K |
| And argued each case with my wife | L |
| And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw | K |
| Has lasted the rest of my life ' | - |
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| 'You are old ' said the youth one would hardly suppose | M |
| That your eye was as steady as ever | N |
| Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose | M |
| What made you so awfully clever ' | - |
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| 'I have answered three questions and that is enough ' | - |
| Said his father 'don't give yourself airs | O |
| Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff | P |
| Be off or I'll kick you down stairs ' | - |
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| 'That is not said right ' said the Caterpillar | N |
| 'Not quite right I'm afraid ' said Alice timidly | Q |
| 'some of the words have got altered ' | - |
| 'It is wrong from beginning to end ' | - |
| said the Caterpillar decidedly and | G |
| there was silence for some minutes | R |
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