Nursery Rhyme. Cccxxi. Games Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCDD E| Two of the strongest children are selected A and B A stands within a ring of the children B being outside | A |
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| A Who is going round my sheepfold | A |
| B Only poor old Jacky Lingo | B |
| A Don't steal any of my black sheep | C |
| B No no more I will only by one | D |
| Up says Jacky Lingo Strikes one | D |
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| The child struck leaves the ring and takes hold of B behind B in the same manner takes the other children one by one gradually increasing his tail on each repetition of the verses until he has got the whole A then tries to get them back B runs away with them they try to shelter themselves behind B A drags them off one by one setting them against a wall until he has recovered all A regular tearing game as children say | E |
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