Popcorn, Glass Balls, And Cranberries Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DEFF G GHIH J KLMLFNON P PQRQ STUV WFXF PYZYMA2B2A2 P C2GD2G E2GE2G M GMGMF2G2 GG2H2I2GI2 J2 K2L2K2L2 M2N2O2N2| I THE LION | A |
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| The Lion is a kingly beast | B |
| He likes a Hindu for a feast | B |
| And if no Hindu he can get | C |
| The lion family is upset | C |
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| He cuffs his wife and bites her ears | D |
| Till she is nearly moved to tears | E |
| Then some explorer finds the den | F |
| And all is family peace again | F |
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| II AN EXPLANATION OF THE GRASSHOPPER | G |
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| The Grasshopper the grasshopper | G |
| I will explain to you | H |
| He is the Brownies' racehorse | I |
| The fairies' Kangaroo | H |
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| III THE DANGEROUS LITTLE BOY FAIRIES | J |
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| In fairyland the little boys | K |
| Would rather fight than eat their meals | L |
| They like to chase a gauze winged fly | M |
| And catch and beat him till he squeals | L |
| Sometimes they come to sleeping men | F |
| Armed with the deadly red rose thorn | N |
| And those that feel its fearful wound | O |
| Repent the day that they were born | N |
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| IV THE MOUSE THAT GNAWED THE OAK TREE DOWN | P |
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| The mouse that gnawed the oak tree down | P |
| Began his task in early life | Q |
| He kept so busy with his teeth | R |
| He had no time to take a wife | Q |
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| He gnawed and gnawed through sun and rain | S |
| When the ambitious fit was on | T |
| Then rested in the sawdust till | U |
| A month of idleness had gone | V |
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| He did not move about to hunt | W |
| The coteries of mousie men | F |
| He was a snail paced stupid thing | X |
| Until he cared to gnaw again | F |
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| The mouse that gnawed the oak tree down | P |
| When that tough foe was at his feet | Y |
| Found in the stump no angel cake | Z |
| Nor buttered bread nor cheese nor meat | Y |
| The forest roof let in the sky | M |
| This light is worth the work said he | A2 |
| I'll make this ancient swamp more light | B2 |
| And started on another tree | A2 |
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| V PARVENU | P |
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| Where does Cinderella sleep | C2 |
| By far off day dream river | G |
| A secret place her burning Prince | D2 |
| Decks while his heart strings quiver | G |
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| Homesick for our cinder world | E2 |
| Her low born shoulders shiver | G |
| She longs for sleep in cinders curled | E2 |
| We for the day dream river | G |
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| VI THE SPIDER AND THE GHOST OF THE FLY | M |
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| Once I loved a spider | G |
| When I was born a fly | M |
| A velvet footed spider | G |
| With a gown of rainbow dye | M |
| She ate my wings and gloated | F2 |
| She bound me with a hair | G2 |
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| She drove me to her parlor | G |
| Above her winding stair | G2 |
| To educate young spiders | H2 |
| She took me all apart | I2 |
| My ghost came back to haunt her | G |
| I saw her eat my heart | I2 |
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| VII CRICKETS ON A STRIKE | J2 |
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| The foolish queen of fairyland | K2 |
| From her milk white throne in a lily bell | L2 |
| Gave command to her cricket band | K2 |
| To play for her when the dew drops fell | L2 |
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| But the cold dew spoiled their instruments | M2 |
| And they play for the foolish queen no more | N2 |
| Instead those sturdy malcontents | O2 |
| Play sharps and flats in my kitchen floor | N2 |
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