Nursery Rhyme. Xxvi. Historical Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BB CD EE FF GG HH DD EE DD| From MS Sloane fol written in the time of Charles I It appears from MS Harl fol that these verses were written in against the Duke of Buckingham | A |
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| There was a monkey climb'd up a tree | B |
| When he fell down then down fell he | B |
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| There was a crow sat on a stone | C |
| When he was gone then there was none | D |
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| There was an old wife did eat an apple | E |
| When she had eat two she had eat a couple | E |
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| There was a horse going to the mill | F |
| When he went on he stood not still | F |
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| There was a butcher cut his thumb | G |
| When it did bleed then blood did come | G |
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| There was a lackey ran a race | H |
| When he ran fast he ran apace | H |
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| There was a cobbler clowting shoon | D |
| When they were mended they were done | D |
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| There was a chandler making candle | E |
| When he them strip he did them handle | E |
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| There was a navy went into Spain | D |
| When it return'd it came again | D |
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