Nursery Rhyme. Dxcvi. Accumulative Stories Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B B B B B B B B C C D E| An old woman was sweeping her house and she found a little crooked sixpence 'What ' said she 'shall I do with this little sixpence I will go to market and buy a little pig ' As she was coming home she came to a stile the piggy would not go over the stile | A |
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| She went a little further and she met a dog So she said to the dog 'Dog bite pig piggy won't go over the stile and I shan't get home to night ' But the dog would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a stick So she said 'Stick stick beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the stile and I shan't get home to night ' But the stick would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a fire So she said 'Fire fire burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig ' and so forth always repeating the foregoing words But the fire would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met some water So she said 'Water water quench fire fire won't burn stick ' c But the water would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met an ox So she said 'Ox ox drink water water won't quench fire' c But the ox would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a butcher So she said 'Butcher butcher kill ox ox won't drink water ' c But the butcher would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a rope So she said 'Rope rope hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ' c But the rope would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a rat So she said 'Rat rat gnaw rope rope won't hang butcher ' c But the rat would not | B |
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| She went a little further and she met a cat So she said 'Cat cat kill rat rat won't gnaw rope ' c But the cat said to her 'If you will go to yonder cow and fetch me a saucer of milk I will kill the rat ' So away went the old woman to the cow | C |
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| But the cow said to her 'If you will go to yonder haystack and fetch me a handful of hay I'll give you the milk ' So away went the old woman to the haystack and she brought the hay to the cow | C |
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| As soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat | D |
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| As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk the cat began to kill the rat the rat began to gnaw the rope the rope began to hang the butcher the butcher began to kill the ox the ox began to drink the water the water began to quench the fire the fire began to burn the stick the stick began to beat the dog the dog began to bite the pig the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile and so the old woman got home that night | E |
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