The Elf Singing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEBFGBGFHHFIFI BBJKJ LLMKM| An Elf sat on a twig | A |
| He was not very big | A |
| He sang a little song | B |
| He did not think it wrong | B |
| But he was on a Wizard's ground | C |
| Who hated all sweet sound | C |
| - | |
| Elf Elf | D |
| Take care of yourself | D |
| He's coming behind you | E |
| To seize you and bind you | E |
| And stifle you song | B |
| The Wizard The Wizard | F |
| He changes his shape | G |
| In crawling along | B |
| An ugly old ape | G |
| A poisonous lizard | F |
| A spotted spider | H |
| A wormy glider | H |
| The Wizard The Wizard | F |
| He's up on the bough | I |
| He'll bite through your gizzard | F |
| He's close to you now | I |
| - | |
| The Elf went on with his song | B |
| It grew more clear and strong | B |
| It lifted him into air | J |
| He floated singing away | K |
| With rainbows in his hair | J |
| - | |
| While the Wizard Worm from his creep | L |
| Mad a sudden leap | L |
| Fell down into a hole | M |
| And are his magic word he could say | K |
| Was eaten up by a Mole | M |
William Allingham
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