The Rum Tum Tugger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABACDDC EFEFEF ACDDC GHGHIJ IJKLKLACDDC| The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat | A |
| If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse | B |
| If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat | A |
| If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house | B |
| If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat | A |
| If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse | B |
| Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat | A |
| And there isn't any call for me to shout it | C |
| For he will do | D |
| As he do do | D |
| And there's no doing anything about it | C |
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| The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore | E |
| When you let him in then he wants to be out | F |
| He's always on the wrong side of every door | E |
| And as soon as he's at home then he'd like to get about | F |
| He likes to lie in the bureau drawer | E |
| But he makes such a fuss if he can't get out | F |
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| Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat | A |
| And there isn't any use for you to doubt it | C |
| For he will do | D |
| As he do do | D |
| And there's no doing anything about it | C |
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| The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast | G |
| His disobliging ways are a matter of habit | H |
| If you offer him fish then he always wants a feast | G |
| When there isn't any fish then he won't eat rabbit | H |
| If you offer him cream then he sniffs and sneers | I |
| For he only likes what he finds for himself | J |
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| So you'll catch him in it right up to the ears | I |
| If you put it away on the larder shelf | J |
| The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing | K |
| The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle | L |
| But he'll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing | K |
| For there's nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle | L |
| Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat | A |
| And there isn't any need for me to spout it | C |
| For he will do | D |
| As he do do | D |
| And theres no doing anything about it | C |
T. S. Eliot
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