The Pig Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJK LLMMNNOOPKQQRRSSTTRR UUVVWWCCXXYK| In England once there lived a big | A |
| And wonderfully clever pig | A |
| To everybody it was plain | B |
| That Piggy had a massive brain | B |
| He worked out sums inside his head | C |
| There was no book he hadn't read | C |
| He knew what made an airplane fly | D |
| He knew how engines worked and why | D |
| He knew all this but in the end | E |
| One question drove him round the bend | E |
| He simply couldn't puzzle out | F |
| What LIFE was really all about | F |
| What was the reason for his birth | G |
| Why was he placed upon this earth | G |
| His giant brain went round and round | H |
| Alas no answer could be found | H |
| Till suddenly one wondrous night | I |
| All in a flash he saw the light | I |
| He jumped up like a ballet dancer | J |
| And yelled 'By gum I've got the answer ' | K |
| 'They want my bacon slice by slice | L |
| 'To sell at a tremendous price | L |
| 'They want my tender juicy chops | M |
| 'To put in all the butcher's shops | M |
| 'They want my pork to make a roast | N |
| 'And that's the part'll cost the most | N |
| 'They want my sausages in strings | O |
| 'They even want my chitterlings | O |
| 'The butcher's shop The carving knife | P |
| 'That is the reason for my life ' | K |
| Such thoughts as these are not designed | Q |
| To give a pig great peace of mind | Q |
| Next morning in comes Farmer Bland | R |
| A pail of pigswill in his hand | R |
| And piggy with a mighty roar | S |
| Bashes the farmer to the floor | S |
| Now comes the rather grisly bit | T |
| So let's not make too much of it | T |
| Except that you must understand | R |
| That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland | R |
| He ate him up from head to toe | U |
| Chewing the pieces nice and slow | U |
| It took an hour to reach the feet | V |
| Because there was so much to eat | V |
| And when he finished Pig of course | W |
| Felt absolutely no remorse | W |
| Slowly he scratched his brainy head | C |
| And with a little smile he said | C |
| 'I had a fairly powerful hunch | X |
| 'That he might have me for his lunch | X |
| 'And so because I feared the worst | Y |
| 'I thought I'd better eat him first ' | K |
Roald Dahl
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Jose Caraballo: I think this poem is very interesting and it is describing the life of a pig. It is pretty sad.
Khloe Sirois: The pig is very smart and curious
Amber Nicole Cunningham: I loved it.
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