Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEDGHG IJKKLLMM NON PQRQFDSD FFTTUUNNON VFHFFWDW XXVVNVN| Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple | A |
| of cats | B |
| As knockabout clown quick change comedians tight rope | C |
| walkers and acrobats | B |
| They had extensive reputation They made their home in | D |
| Victoria Grove | E |
| That was merely their centre of operation for they were | F |
| incurably given to rove | E |
| They were very well know in Cornwall Gardens in Launceston | D |
| Place and in Kensington Square | G |
| They had really a little more reputation than a couple of | H |
| cats can very well bear | G |
| - | |
| If the area window was found ajar | I |
| And the basement looked like a field of war | J |
| If a tile or two came loose on the roof | K |
| Which presently ceased to be waterproof | K |
| If the drawers were pulled out from the bedroom chests | L |
| And you couldn't find one of your winter vests | L |
| Or after supper one of the girls | M |
| Suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls | M |
| - | |
| Then the family would say It's that horrible cat | N |
| It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer And most of the time | O |
| they left it at that | N |
| - | |
| Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer had a very unusual gift of the | P |
| gab | Q |
| They were highly efficient cat burglars as well and | R |
| remarkably smart at smash and grab | Q |
| They made their home in Victoria Grove They had no regular | F |
| occupation | D |
| They were plausible fellows and liked to engage a friendly | S |
| policeman in conversation | D |
| - | |
| When the family assembled for Sunday dinner | F |
| With their minds made up that they wouldn't get thinner | F |
| On Argentine joint potatoes and greens | T |
| And the cook would appear from behind the scenes | T |
| And say in a voice that was broken with sorrow | U |
| I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow | U |
| For the joint has gone from the oven like that | N |
| Then the family would say It's that horrible cat | N |
| It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer And most of the time | O |
| they left it at that | N |
| - | |
| Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer had a wonderful way of working | V |
| together | F |
| And some of the time you would say it was luck and some of | H |
| the time you would say it was weather | F |
| They would go through the house like a hurricane and no sober | F |
| person could take his oath | W |
| Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer or could you have sworn | D |
| that it mightn't be both | W |
| - | |
| And when you heard a dining room smash | X |
| Or up from the pantry there came a loud crash | X |
| Or down from the library came a loud ping | V |
| From a vase which was commonly said to be Ming | V |
| Then the family would say Now which was which cat | N |
| It was Mungojerrie AND Rumpelteazer And there's nothing | V |
| at all to be done about that | N |
T. S. Eliot
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J M Pascual: why to transcribe it incorrectly? In the third line it should read clownS
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