The Mouse That Gnawed The Oak-tree Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI AKLKMNON| The mouse that gnawed the oak tree down | A |
| Began his task in early life | B |
| He kept so busy with his teeth | C |
| He had no time to take a wife | B |
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| He gnawed and gnawed through sun and rain | D |
| When the ambitious fit was on | E |
| Then rested in the sawdust till | F |
| A month of idleness had gone | G |
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| He did not move about to hunt | H |
| The coteries of mousie men | I |
| He was a snail paced stupid thing | J |
| Until he cared to gnaw again | I |
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| The mouse that gnawed the oak tree down | A |
| When that tough foe was at his feet | K |
| Found in the stump no angel cake | L |
| Nor buttered bread nor cheese nor meat | K |
| The forest roof let in the sky | M |
| This light is worth the work said he | N |
| I'll make this ancient swamp more light | O |
| And started on another tree | N |
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