The Poppet-show Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEECG HIH JKJKKL MNM OPOPPC QRQRSTSTTC EUEUBVBVVC WXWXYMYMMC KZKA2B2C2B2C2C2C| Once I gave a 'poppa show' | A |
| And I had the greatest fun | B |
| Every boy and girl I know | C |
| That is nearly every one | B |
| Came to see it I just put | D |
| Some old toys into a box | E |
| Paper things that I had cut | F |
| On a stage made out of blocks | E |
| And the children came in flocks | E |
| When I called out 'Yo ho oh | C |
| Pin to see the 'poppa show '' | G |
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| Boy who lives next door he came | H |
| Took a peep and said 'That clown | I |
| 'S worth the money just the same | H |
| As most any show in town ' | - |
| Then he went away and brought | J |
| Lot of girls and boys to see | K |
| Brought so many that they fought | J |
| And were bad as they could be | K |
| It was like a Christmas tree | K |
| While I stood there shouting 'Ho | L |
| Pin to see the 'poppa show '' | - |
| - | |
| Some just laughed and one or two | M |
| Said it was n't worth a pin | N |
| And another said 'He knew | M |
| When he had been taken in ' | - |
| And a little girl who paid | O |
| A gold pin right out her dress | P |
| Cried and said she was afraid | O |
| She'd be spanked at home unless | P |
| She received it back I guess | P |
| She was spanked I said 'You know | C |
| Pin to see the 'poppa show '' | - |
| - | |
| One boy tried to hit me then | Q |
| But the boy who lives next door | R |
| He got madder than a hen | Q |
| Knocked him down right on the floor | R |
| And then pulled him out and I | S |
| Helped him pull him Then a girl | T |
| Laughed and one began to cry | S |
| For a boy he pulled her curl | T |
| Then the whole room was a whirl | T |
| While I shouted 'Oh yo ho | C |
| Pin to see the 'poppa show '' | - |
| - | |
| Then a big boy grabbed my box | E |
| Threw it in the midst of all | U |
| All the paper dolls and blocks | E |
| Clattered on the floor or wall | U |
| Made a mighty rumpus one | B |
| Hit me on the head a slap | V |
| And I yelled But it was fun | B |
| Did n't care a cent or rap | V |
| Suddenly there came a tap | V |
| At the door and I cried 'Ho | C |
| Pin to see the 'poppa show '' | - |
| - | |
| Then my mother and my nurse | W |
| Entered and she said 'What boys | X |
| Girls too Could n't be much worse | W |
| Making such a lot of noise | X |
| You should all be sent to bed | Y |
| Or be whipped I never knew | M |
| Children that were so ill bred | Y |
| Nor a wilder rowdier crew | M |
| Wonder what'll become of you | M |
| Now just pack yourselves and go | C |
| No more pins or 'poppa show '' | - |
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| And they went and mother she | K |
| When the last of them was gone | Z |
| Left me in the nursery | K |
| Made me put my night clothes on | A2 |
| And she took my pins away | B2 |
| And I cried just fit to kill | C2 |
| But she gave them back next day | B2 |
| When I promised I'd be still | C2 |
| And not play like Jack and Jill | C2 |
| Tumbling round and to and fro | C |
| With a noisy 'poppa show ' | - |
Madison Julius Cawein
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