The Sphinx Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGG| She was half Lady and half cat | A |
| What is so wonderful in that | A |
| Half of our lady friends so say | B |
| The other half are Cats to day | B |
| In Egypt she made quite a stir | C |
| They carved huge Images of her | C |
| Riddles she asked of all she met | D |
| And all who answered wrong she ate | E |
| When Oedipus her riddle solved | F |
| The minx I mean the Sphinx dissolved | F |
| In tears What is there when one thinks | G |
| So wonderful about the Sphinx | G |
Oliver Herford
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