The Platypus. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCDDEEAA| MY child the Duck billed Plat y pus | A |
| A sad ex am ple sets for us | A |
| From him we learn how In de ci sion | B |
| Of char ac ter pro vokes De ri sion | B |
| This vac il lat ing Thing you see | C |
| Could not de cide which he would be | C |
| Fish Flesh or Fowl and chose all three | C |
| The sci en tists were sore ly vexed | D |
| To clas si fy him so per plexed | D |
| Their brains that they with Rage at bay | E |
| Called him a hor rid name one day | E |
| A name that baf fles frights and shocks us | A |
| Or ni tho rhyn chus Par a dox us | A |
Oliver Herford
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