First Day At School Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGH IIJCKLMNOJC PQJRBOO| A millionbillionwillion miles from home | A |
| Waiting for the bell to go To go where | B |
| Why are they all so big other children | C |
| So noisy So much at home they | D |
| Must have been born in uniform | E |
| Lived all their lives in playgrounds | F |
| Spent the years inventing games | G |
| That don't let me in Games | G |
| That are rough that swallow you up | H |
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| And the railings | I |
| All around the railings | I |
| Are they to keep out wolves and monsters | J |
| Things that carry off and eat children | C |
| Things you don't take sweets from | K |
| Perhaps they're to stop us getting out | L |
| Running away from the lessins Lessin | M |
| What does a lessin look like | N |
| Sounds small and slimy | O |
| They keep them in the glassrooms | J |
| Whole rooms made out of glass Imagine | C |
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| I wish I could remember my name | P |
| Mummy said it would come in useful | Q |
| Like wellies When there's puddles | J |
| Yellowwellies I wish she was here | R |
| I think my name is sewn on somewhere | B |
| Perhaps the teacher will read it for me | O |
| Tea cher The one who makes the tea | O |
Roger Mcgough
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