The Mad Gardener's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGCGD HICID JKCKD LMCMD NDCDO PQCQD NRCRD ASCSD| 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 realise ' he said | D |
| The bitterness of Life ' | E |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Buffalo | F |
| Upon the chimney piece | G |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| His Sister's Husband's Niece | G |
| 'Unless you leave this house ' he said | D |
| 'I'll send for the Police ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Rattlesnake | H |
| That questioned him in Greek | I |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| The Middle of Next Week | I |
| 'The one thing I regret ' he said | D |
| 'Is that it cannot speak ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk | J |
| Descending from the bus | K |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Hippopotamus | K |
| 'If this should stay to dine ' he said | D |
| 'There won't be much for us ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Kangaroo | L |
| That worked a coffee mill | M |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Vegetable Pill | M |
| 'Were I to swallow this ' he said | D |
| 'I should be very ill ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Coach and Four | N |
| 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 | O |
| It's waiting to be fed ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw an Albatross | P |
| That fluttered round the lamp | Q |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Penny Postage Stamp | Q |
| 'You'd best be getting home ' he said | D |
| 'The nights are very damp ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Garden Door | N |
| That opened with a key | R |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Double Rule of Three | R |
| 'And all its mystery ' he said | D |
| 'Is clear as day to me ' | - |
| - | |
| He thought he saw a Argument | A |
| That proved he was the Pope | S |
| He looked again and found it was | C |
| A Bar of Mottled Soap | S |
| 'A fact so dread ' he faintly said | D |
| 'Extinguishes all hope ' | - |
Lewis Carroll
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