First Child ... Second Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEECCFFBBGGHHII JJKKLLCC M CCBB

FIRSTA
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Be it a girl or one of the boysB
It is scarlet all over its avoirdupoisB
It is red it is boiled could the obstetricianC
Have possibly been a lobstertricianC
His degrees and credentials were hunky doryD
But how's for an infantile inventoryD
Here's the prodigy here's the miracleE
Whether its head is oval or sphericalE
You rejoice to find it has only oneC
Having dreaded a two headed daughter or sonC
Here's the phenomenon all completeF
It's got two hands it's got two feetF
Only natural but pleasing becauseB
For months you have dreamed of flippers or clawsB
Furthermore it is fully equippedG
Fingers and toes with nails are tippedG
It's even got eyes and a mouth clear cutH
When the mouth comes open the eyes go shutH
When the eyes go shut the breath is loosedI
And the presence of lungs can be deducedI
Let the rockets flash and the cannon thunderJ
This child is a marvel a matchless wonderJ
A staggering child a child astoundingK
Dazzling diaperless dumbfoundingK
Stupendous miraculous unsurpassedL
A child to stagger and flabbergastL
Bright as a button sharp as a thornC
And the only perfect one ever bornC
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SECONDM
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Arrived this evening at half past nineC
Everybody is doing fineC
Is it a boy or quite the reverseB
You can call in the morning and ask the nurseB

Ogden Nash



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