Nursery Rhyme. Xlii. Literal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL MMNOPP| Tom Thumb's Alphabet | A |
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| A was an archer and shot at a frog | B |
| B was a butcher and had a great dog | C |
| C was a captain all covered with lace | D |
| D was a drunkard and had a red face | D |
| E was an esquire with pride on his brow | E |
| F was a farmer and followed the plough | E |
| G was a gamester who had but ill luck | F |
| H was a hunter and hunted a buck | F |
| I was an innkeeper who lov'd to bouse | G |
| J was a joiner and built up a house | G |
| K was King William once governed this land | H |
| L was a lady who had a white hand | H |
| M was a miser and hoarded up gold | I |
| N was a nobleman gallant and bold | I |
| O was an oyster wench and went about town | J |
| P was a parson and wore a black gown | J |
| Q was a queen who was fond of good flip | K |
| R was a robber and wanted a whip | K |
| S was a sailor and spent all he got | L |
| T was a tinker and mended a pot | L |
| U was an usurer a miserable elf | M |
| V was a vintner who drank all himself | M |
| W was a watchman and guarded the door | N |
| X was expensive and so became poor | O |
| Y was a youth that did not love school | P |
| Z was a zany a poor harmless fool | P |
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