Selections From I Am! Said The Lamb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC D EEFFDD G GGHH I JJKK K L LLMMNNL| The Donkey | A |
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| I had a Donkey that was all right | B |
| But he always wanted to fly my Kite | B |
| Every time I let him the String would bust | C |
| Your Donkey is better behaved I trust | C |
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| The Ceiling | D |
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| Suppose the Ceiling went Outside | E |
| And then caught Cold and Up and Died | E |
| The only Thing we d have for Proof | F |
| That he was Gone would be the Roof | F |
| I think it would be Most Revealing | D |
| To find out how the Ceiling s Feeling | D |
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| The Chair | G |
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| A funny thing about a Chair | G |
| You hardly ever think it s there | G |
| To know a Chair is really it | H |
| You sometimes have to go and sit | H |
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| The Hippo | I |
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| A Head or Tail which does he lack | J |
| I think his Forward s coming back | J |
| He lives on Carrots Leeks and Hay | K |
| He starts to yawn it takes All Day | K |
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| Some time I think I ll live that way | K |
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| The Lizard | L |
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| The Time to Tickle a Lizard | L |
| Is Before or Right After a Blizzard | L |
| Now the place to begin | M |
| Is just under his Chin | M |
| And here s more Advice | N |
| Don t Poke more than Twice | N |
| At an Intimate Place like his Gizzard | L |
Theodore Roethke
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