The Potato's Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEDGCGCCCG HIHIJKLKCMCCCM GNDNOPQPRCCCR| Down cellar said the cricket | A |
| I saw a ball last night | B |
| In honor of a lady | C |
| Whose wings were pearly white | B |
| The breath of bitter weather | D |
| Had smashed the cellar pane | E |
| We entertained a drift of leaves | F |
| And then of snow and rain | E |
| But we were dressed for winter | D |
| And loved to hear it blow | G |
| In honor of the lady | C |
| Who makes potatoes grow | G |
| Our guest the Irish lady | C |
| The tiny Irish lady | C |
| The fairy Irish lady | C |
| That makes potatoes grow | G |
| - | |
| Potatoes were the waiters | H |
| Potatoes were the band | I |
| Potatoes were the dancers | H |
| Kicking up the sand | I |
| Their legs were old burnt matches | J |
| Their arms were just the same | K |
| They jigged and whirled and scrambled | L |
| In honor of the dame | K |
| The noble Irish lady | C |
| Who makes potatoes dance | M |
| The witty Irish lady | C |
| The saucy Irish lady | C |
| The laughing Irish lady | C |
| Who makes potatoes prance | M |
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| There was just one sweet potato | G |
| He was golden brown and slim | N |
| The lady loved his figure | D |
| She danced all night with him | N |
| Alas he wasn't Irish | O |
| So when she flew away | P |
| They threw him in the coal bin | Q |
| And there he is to day | P |
| Where they cannot hear his sighs | R |
| His weeping for the lady | C |
| The beauteous Irish lady | C |
| The radiant Irish lady | C |
| Who gives potatoes eyes | R |
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