The Perils Of Invisibility Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG CCHH IIGG HHJJ KKII HHLL MMNN DDOO CCPH QQRR CCGG SSDD TTHH QQUG VVCC WWXX YYLZ KKCC CCA2A2 B2B2C2C2 CCC2C2

Old PETER led a wretched lifeA
Old PETER had a furious wifeA
Old PETER too was truly stoutB
He measured several yards aboutB
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The little fairy PICKLEKINC
One summer afternoon looked inC
And said Old PETER how de doD
Can I do anything for youD
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I have three gifts the first will giveE
Unbounded riches while you liveF
The second health where'er you beG
The third invisibilityG
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O little fairy PICKLEKINC
Old PETER answered with a grinC
To hesitate would be absurdH
Undoubtedly I choose the thirdH
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'Tis yours the fairy said be quiteI
Invisible to mortal sightI
Whene'er you please Remember meG
Most kindly pray to MRS PG
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Old MRS PETER overheardH
Wee PICKLEKIN'S concluding wordH
And jealous of her girlhood's choiceJ
Said That was some young woman's voiceJ
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Old PETER let her scold and swearK
Old PETER bless him didn't careK
My dear your rage is wasted quiteI
Observe I disappear from sightI
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A well bred fairy so I've heardH
Is always faithful to her wordH
Old PETER vanished like a shotL
Put then HIS SUIT OF CLOTHES DID NOTL
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For when conferred the fairy slimM
Invisibility on HIMM
She popped away on fairy wingsN
Without referring to his thingsN
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So there remained a coat of blueD
A vest and double eyeglass tooD
His tail his shoes his socks as wellO
His pair of no I must not tellO
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Old MRS PETER soon beganC
To see the failure of his planC
And then resolved I quote the BardP
To hoist him with his own petardH
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Old PETER woke next day and dressedQ
Put on his coat and shoes and vestQ
His shirt and stock BUT COULD NOT FINDR
HIS ONLY PAIR OF never mindR
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Old PETER was a decent manC
And though he twigged his lady's planC
Yet hearing her approaching heG
Resumed invisibilityG
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Dear MRS P my only joyS
Exclaimed the horrified old boyS
Now give them up I beg of youD
You know what I'm referring toD
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But no the cross old lady sworeT
She'd keep his what I said beforeT
To make him publicly absurdH
And MRS PETER kept her wordH
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The poor old fellow had no restQ
His coat his stick his shoes his vestQ
Were all that now met mortal eyeU
The rest invisibilityG
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Now madam give them up I begV
I've had rheumatics in my legV
Besides until you do it's plainC
I cannot come to sight againC
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For though some mirth it might affordW
To see my clothes without their lordW
Yet there would rise indignant oathsX
If he were seen without his clothesX
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But no resolved to have her quizY
The lady held her own and hisY
And PETER left his humble cotL
To find a pair of you know whatZ
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But here's the worst of the affairK
Whene'er he came across a pairK
Already placed for him to donC
He was too stout to get them onC
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So he resolved at once to trainC
And walked and walked with all his mainC
For years he paced this mortal earthA2
To bring himself to decent girthA2
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At night when all around is stillB2
You'll find him pounding up a hillB2
And shrieking peasants whom he meetsC2
Fall down in terror on the peatsC2
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Old PETER walks through wind and rainC
Resolved to train and train and trainC
Until he weighs twelve stone' or soC2
And when he does I'll let you knowC2

William Schwenck Gilbert



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