Fit The Fourth ( Hunting Of The Snark ) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE BGHG IJJJ KLKL JMJM ENEN OPOP QRSR TUTU VJOJ WXWX YUJU ZJZJ A2B2A2B2 C2D2C2D2 E2HE2H MF2MF2| The Hunting | A |
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| The Bellman looked uffish and wrinkled his brow | B |
| If only you'd spoken before | C |
| It's excessively awkward to mention it now | B |
| With the Snark so to speak at the door | C |
| We should all of us grieve as you well may believe | D |
| If you never were met with again | E |
| But surely my man when the voyage began | F |
| You might have suggested it then | E |
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| It's excessively awkward to mention it now | B |
| As I think I've already remarked | G |
| And the man they called Hi replied with a sigh | H |
| I informed you the day we embarked | G |
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| You may charge me with murder or want of sense | I |
| We are all of us weak at times | J |
| But the slightest approach to a false pretence | J |
| Was never among my crimes | J |
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| I said it in Hebrew I said it in Dutch | K |
| I said it in German and Greek | L |
| But I wholly forgot and it vexes me much | K |
| That English is what you speak | L |
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| 'Tis a pitiful tale said the Bellman whose face | J |
| Had grown longer at every word | M |
| But now that you've stated the whole of your case | J |
| More debate would be simply absurd | M |
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| The rest of my speech he exclaimed to his men | E |
| You shall hear when I've leisure to speak it | N |
| But the Snark is at hand let me tell you again | E |
| 'Tis your glorious duty to seek it | N |
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| To seek it with thimbles to seek it with care | O |
| To pursue it with forks and hope | P |
| To threaten its life with a railway share | O |
| To charm it with smiles and soap | P |
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| For the Snark's a peculiar creature that wo'n't | Q |
| Be caught in a commonplace way | R |
| Do all that you know and try all that you don't | S |
| Not a chance must be wasted to day | R |
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| For England expects I forbear to proceed | T |
| 'Tis a maxim tremendous but trite | U |
| And you'd best be unpacking the things that you need | T |
| To rig yourselves out for the fight | U |
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| Then the Banker endorsed a blank cheque which he crossed | V |
| And changed his loose silver for notes | J |
| The Baker with care combed his whiskers and hair | O |
| And shook the dust out of his coats | J |
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| The Boots and the Broker were sharpening a spade | W |
| Each working the grindstone in turn | X |
| But the Beaver went on making lace and displayed | W |
| No interest in the concern | X |
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| Though the Barrister tried to appeal to its pride | Y |
| And vainly proceeded to cite | U |
| A number of cases in which making laces | J |
| Had proved an infringement of right | U |
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| The maker of Bonnets ferociously planned | Z |
| A novel arrangement of bows | J |
| While the Billiard marker with quivering hand | Z |
| Was chalking the tip of his nose | J |
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| But the Butcher turned nervous and dressed himself fine | A2 |
| With yellow kid gloves and a ruff | B2 |
| Said he felt it exactly like going to dine | A2 |
| Which the Bellman declared was all stuff | B2 |
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| Introduce me now there's a good fellow he said | C2 |
| If we happen to meet it together | D2 |
| And the Bellman sagaciously nodding his head | C2 |
| Said That must depend on the weather | D2 |
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| The Beaver went simply galumphing about | E2 |
| At seeing the Butcher so shy | H |
| And even the Baker though stupid and stout | E2 |
| Made an effort to wink with one eye | H |
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| Be a man said the Bellman in wrath as he heard | M |
| The Butcher beginning to sob | F2 |
| Should we meet with a Jubjub that desperate bird | M |
| We shall need all our strength for the job | F2 |
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