What The Spider Heard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC CADC EBC CADC FBC CADDC| Will there be time for eggnogs and eclogues | A |
| In the place where we re going | B |
| Said the spider to the fly | C |
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| I think not said the fly | C |
| I think not sang the chorus | A |
| I think not said a stranger | D |
| Who mysteriously happened by | C |
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| Will they beat me and treat me the way they did here | E |
| In the place where we re going | B |
| Asked the spider of the fly | C |
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| It is likely said the fly | C |
| Very likely sang the chorus | A |
| Extremely likely said the stranger | D |
| With an eager gleam in his eye | C |
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| O why go there when we know there is nothing there but fear | F |
| At this place where we re going | B |
| Said the spider to the fly | C |
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| What a question said the fly | C |
| What a question sang the chorus | A |
| What a question said the stranger | D |
| Leering slightly at the spider | D |
| Winking slyly at the fly | C |
Weldon Kees
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