Darzee's Chaunt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDEDD FGFGG HDHDDI| Singer and tailor am I | A |
| Doubled the joys that I know | B |
| Proud of my lilt to the sky | A |
| Proud of the house that I sew | B |
| Over and under so weave I my music so weave I the house that I sew | B |
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| Sing to your fledglings again | C |
| Mother lift up your head | D |
| Evil that plagued us is slain | E |
| Death in the garden lies dead | D |
| Terror that hid in the roses is impotent flung on the dung hill and dead | D |
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| Who hath delivered us who | F |
| Tell me his nest and his name | G |
| Rikki the valiant the true | F |
| Tikki with eyeballs of flame | G |
| Rik tikki tikki the ivory fanged the Hunter with eyeballs of flame | G |
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| Give him the Thanks of the Birds | H |
| Bowing with tail feathers spread | D |
| Praise him in nightingale words | H |
| Nay I will praise him instead | D |
| Hear I will sing you the praise of the bottle tailed Rikki with eyeballs of red | D |
| Here Rkki tikki interrupted and the rest of the song is lost | I |
Rudyard Kipling
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