The Walrus And The Carpenter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CD EF B G BHIHJH BKLKMK BNONMN GPBPQP RSMSGL TUVUWU XMNMYM ZA2B2A2C2A2 D2WE2WF2W GC2G2C2H2C2 MI2J2I2K2I2 ECL2CGC MM2N2M2SM2 EBBBMB O2P2Q2P2R2P2 MS2T2S2Q2S2 MDU2DV2D GKW2KOK

Tweedledee said to Alice You like poetryA
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Ye es pretty well some poetry Alice said doubtfullyB
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What shall I repeat to her said Tweedledee looking round atC
Tweedledum with great solemn eyesD
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'The Walrus and the Carpenter' is the longest Tweedledum repliedE
giving his brother an affectionate hugF
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Tweedledee began instantlyB
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The Walrus And The CarpenterG
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The sun was shining on the seaB
Shining with all his mightH
He did his very best to makeI
The billows smooth and brightH
And this was odd because it wasJ
The middle of the nightH
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The moon was shining sulkilyB
Because she thought the sunK
Had got no business to be thereL
After the day was doneK
It's very rude of him she saidM
To come and spoil the funK
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The sea was wet as wet could beB
The sands were dry as dryN
You could not see a cloud becauseO
No cloud was in the skyN
No birds were flying overheadM
There were no birds to flyN
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The Walrus and the CarpenterG
Were walking close at handP
They wept like anything to seeB
Such quantities of sandP
If this were only cleared awayQ
They said It would be grandP
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If seven maids with seven mopsR
Swept for half a yearS
Do you suppose the walrus saidM
That they could get it clearS
I doubt it said the CarpenterG
And shed a bitter tearL
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O Oysters come and walk with usT
The Walrus did beseechU
A pleasant walk a pleasant talkV
Along the briny beachU
We cannot do with more than fourW
To give a hand to eachU
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The eldest Oyster looked at himX
But never a word he saidM
The eldest Oyster winked his eyeN
And shook his heavy headM
Meaning to say he did not chooseY
To leave the oyster bedM
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But four young Oysters hurried upZ
All eager for the treatA2
Their coats were brushed their faces washedB2
Their shoes were clean and neatA2
And this was odd because you knowC2
They hadn't any feetA2
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Four other Oysters followed themD2
And yet another fourW
And thick and fast they came at lastE2
And more and more and moreW
All hopping through the frothy wavesF2
And scrambling to the shoreW
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The Walrus and the CarpenterG
Walked on a mile or soC2
And then they rested on a rockG2
Conveniently lowC2
And all the little Oysters stoodH2
And waited in a rowC2
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The time has come the Walrus saidM
To talk of many thingsI2
Of shoes and ships and sealing waxJ2
Of cabbages and kingsI2
And why the sea is boiling hotK2
And whether pigs have wingsI2
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But wait a bit the Oysters criedE
Before we have our chatC
For some of us are out of breathL2
And all of us are fatC
No hurry said the CarpenterG
They thanked him much for thatC
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A loaf of bread the Walrus saidM
Is what we chiefly needM2
Pepper and vinegar besidesN2
Are very good indeedM2
Now if you're ready Oysters dearS
We can begin to feedM2
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But not on us the Oysters criedE
Turning a little blueB
After such kindness that would beB
A dismal thing to doB
The night is fine the Walrus saidM
Do you admire the viewB
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It was so kind of you to comeO2
And you are very niceP2
The Carpenter said nothing butQ2
Cut us another sliceP2
I wish you were not quite so deafR2
I've had to ask you twiceP2
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It seems a shame the Walrus saidM
To play them such a trickS2
After we've brought them out so farT2
And made them trot so quickS2
The Carpenter said nothing butQ2
The butter's spread too thickS2
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I weep for you the Walrus saidM
I deeply sympathizeD
With sobs and tears he sorted outU2
Those of the largest sizeD
Holding his pocket handkerchiefV2
Before his streaming eyesD
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O Oysters said the CarpenterG
You had a pleasant runK
Shall we be trotting home againW2
But answer came there noneK
And this was scarcely odd becauseO
They'd eaten every oneK

Lewis Carroll



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