The fourteen lines are divided into four subgroups. The first three subgroups have four lines each, which makes them “quatrains,” with the first and third line, and second line and fourth line of each group containing rhyming words—the is the ABAB rhyme scheme.
Nursery rhymes usually have special features such as repetitions, double rhymes, and the possibility of using alternative lyrics. They use melodic contours in phrases after a series of arch shapes, called anacrusis. Phrases have ascent balanced by a descent; applying the concept of up and down.
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