Manipulation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCADDEEAA FFFGGHIIJ A| Oh my head my head my head | A |
| Lack for my poor unfortunate head | A |
| Mister de Ville | B |
| Has been to feel | C |
| And what do you think he said | A |
| He felt it up and he felt it down | D |
| Behind the ears and across the crown | D |
| Sinciput occiput great and small | E |
| Bumps and organs he tickled 'em all | E |
| And he shook his own as he gravely said | A |
| 'Sir you really have got a most singular head | A |
| - | |
| 'Why here's a bump | F |
| Only feel what a lump | F |
| Why the organ of Sound is an absolute hump | F |
| And only feel here | G |
| Why behind each ear | G |
| There's a bump for a butcher or a bombardier | H |
| Such organs of slaughter | I |
| Would spill blood like water | I |
| Such lopping and topping of heads and of tails | J |
| Why you'll cut up a jackass with Alderman S ' | - |
| Caetera desunt | A |
Richard Harris Barham
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