Alphabet Break
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
I’m learning all my ABC’s.
I’m good at D, E, F and G’s.
I’ve mastered H and I and J,
and memorized the letter K.
I’ve studied L, M, N, and O,
but now I really have to go.
Before I learn one more, you see,
I really must get up to P.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: School Poems
Poetic Techniques: Irony, Narrative Poems, Pun Poems, Wordplay
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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