To Next Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDEFGAHIJKKKKLMN NOBPDQRSTUBIIKBVIWWX ADEDYDZDAA2B2C2VC2AC 2BGED2GE2F2G2H2I2LBD DWJ2K2RDARL2IM2L2| My dear Next Christmas | A |
| It is an excellent journalistic thing | B |
| Not to say a poetical thing | B |
| To be first in the field | C |
| Behold me therefore advancing | B |
| At the head of that motley army | D |
| Which will inevitably hail you | E |
| When your time comes | F |
| For your predecessor | G |
| My dear Next Christmas | A |
| I cannot say much | H |
| He came in with several thousand inches of rain | I |
| He went out on a watery moon | J |
| There was turkey as usual | K |
| Pudding as usual | K |
| Mistletoe as usual | K |
| Peace on earth as usual | K |
| There were also the waits | L |
| The young folks | M |
| The postman | N |
| The dustman | N |
| No connection with the scavengers | O |
| And the turncock | B |
| We had a merry day | P |
| Half the world pretended to be happy | D |
| The other half pretended to be bored | Q |
| The festivities I understand | R |
| Are still being kept up | S |
| There is a ping pong tournament at the Queen's Hall | T |
| And a children's banquet | U |
| At the Guildhall on Tuesday evening | B |
| Not to mention Mr Dan Leno at Drury Lane | I |
| And Mr De Wet at the Tweefontein | I |
| It is all very cheerful | K |
| And very inspiriting | B |
| All the same | V |
| Let us not repine | I |
| Christmas comes but once a year | W |
| And it will come again I fear | W |
| This couplet of course | X |
| My dear Next Christmas | A |
| Is not intended to be | D |
| Disrespectful to you | E |
| It is inserted simply | D |
| For the sake of effect | Y |
| For I never miss an opportunity | D |
| Of bursting into rhyme | Z |
| When the way is plain before me | D |
| My dear Next Christmas | A |
| Do not be discouraged | A2 |
| Come next year by all means | B2 |
| If I said Don't come | C2 |
| You would come just the same | V |
| Therefore I say Come | C2 |
| And I trust my dear Next Christmas | A |
| That when you do come | C2 |
| You will bring us a little luck | B |
| Ring out the old as it were | G |
| And ring in the new | E |
| Let candied peel | D2 |
| Be a trifle cheaper | G |
| Let the war be settled | E2 |
| To the satisfaction of both parties | F2 |
| Let the book trade flourish | G2 |
| Let the Income tax be reduced | H2 |
| Let there be a fine Christmas Eve | I2 |
| And dry waits | L |
| And a little skating next morning | B |
| Let there be peace and plenty | D |
| A pocket full of money | D |
| And a barrel full of beer | W |
| And all other good things | J2 |
| Including a free and enlightened Press | K2 |
| And a strong demand | R |
| For seasonable poetry | D |
| My dear Next Christmas | A |
| Here is my hand | R |
| With my heart in it | L2 |
| Till we meet again | I |
| As Mr Hall Caine says | M2 |
| Addio | L2 |
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland
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