The rhyme “Hickory, dickory, dock” is simple to memorise and recite since it makes use of a few distinctive literary strategies and a catchy premise. The lines completely rhyme, which is a characteristic of many nursery rhymes. ‘Hickory, dikory, dock’ has seen multiple revisions since it was first printed in 1744. Children’s novels and pictures have also been influenced by it.
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
And down he run,
Hickory, dickory, dock.