ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"Little Miss Muffet” is an English nursery rhyme of uncertain origin, first recorded in 1805. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Muffet” and “tuffet” are obvious rhymes, whereas rhymes of “beside her” and “spider” are easier to hear than see. This nursery rhyme follows an AABCCB rhyme scheme. Miss Muffet’s name and its alliteration is repeated in the last line of this catchy verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nursery rhymes are basically short poems which are read or sung to babies and young children. Interestingly, the overwhelming majority of nursery rhymes were not actually composed for children and they were not originally called ‘nursery rhymes’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The nursery rhyme goes: Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away. My problem was that I was not aware of said spider that sat down beside me.