The Voice Of The Lobster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEB FFGGHHII| ''Tis the voice of the Lobster I heard him declare | A |
| 'You have baked me too brown I must sugar my hair ' | B |
| As a duck with its eyelids so he with his nose | C |
| Trims his belt and his buttons and turns out his toes | C |
| When the sands are all dry he is gay as a lark | D |
| And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark | D |
| But when the tide rises and sharks are around | E |
| His voice has a timid and tremulous sound ' | B |
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| 'I passed by his garden and marked with one eye | F |
| How the Owl and the Panter were sharing a pie | F |
| The Panther took pie crust and gravy and meat | G |
| While the Old had the dish as its share of the treat | G |
| When the pie was all finished the Owl as a boon | H |
| Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon | H |
| While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl | I |
| And concluded the banquet by eating the owl | I |
Lewis Carroll
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