The Mad Gardener's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGCGD HICID JKCKD LMCMD NDCDO PQCQD NRCRD ASCSDHe 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 |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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 ' | - |
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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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