The Wicked Postman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLBMNOPHQR NSTUVWXN| Why do you sit there on the floor so quiet and silent tell me | A |
| mother dear | B |
| The rain is coming in through the open window making you all | C |
| wet and you don't mind it | D |
| Do you hear the gong striking four It is time for my brother | E |
| to come home from school | F |
| What has happened to you that you look so strange | G |
| Haven't you got a letter from father today | H |
| I saw the postman bringing letters in his bag for almost | I |
| everybody in the town | J |
| Only father's letters he keeps to read himself I am sure the | K |
| postman is a wicked man | L |
| But don't be unhappy about that mother dear | B |
| Tomorrow is market day in the next village You ask your maid | M |
| to buy some pens and papers | N |
| I myself will write all father's letters you will not find | O |
| a single mistake | P |
| I shall write from A right up to K | H |
| But mother why do you smile | Q |
| You don't believe that I can write as nicely as father does | R |
| But I shall rule my paper carefully and write all the letters | N |
| beautifully big | S |
| When I finish my writing do you think I shall be so foolish | T |
| as father and drop it into the horrid postman's bag | U |
| I shall bring it to you myself without waiting and letter by | V |
| letter help you to read my writing | W |
| I know the postman does not like to give you the really nice | X |
| letters | N |
Rabindranath Tagore
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