For those of you that have a good level in English, or are teaching English, this
It's also a good way to demonstrate stress patterns in English, in this rhyme it is the "o" sound that is stressed, which is normal, for dipthongs are hard to contract, or swallow as my students prefer to say.
Here is the ryhme in full:
Moses supposes his toeses are roses
But Moses supposes erroneously
for nobody's toeses are posies of roses
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
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Nicely and usefully observed! You can follow this excursion into English language even further by considering the rhyme's status as an early prototype of double dactyl: Higgledy-piggledy
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