Kangaroos Syllables
(where the last word or words become switch-a-roos syllables, using rhyme scheme, AbAAb, emphasis, A-masculine, b-feminine)
I was great with spelling, reading, and *arithmetic*,
Two I’ve passed, but the last was *with a trick sway*,
I attempt to succeed by doing my best *to say, scythe it*,
That is life, methinks, being some *way, poetic*,
School, I have learned by taking *the fifth, it may*.
*Breakdown per rhymed sound per line
(a/ah, a, to/tah, poe/poheth, the)
(rith, with, scythe, eth, fifth)
(me/may, sway, say, way, may)
(tic, trick, it, tic, it)
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