The Lame Brother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNO PQRQ STUV WXYX ZA2B2| My parents sleep both in one grave | A |
| My only friend's a brother | B |
| The dearest things upon the earth | C |
| We are to one another | B |
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| A fine stout boy I knew him once | D |
| With active form and limb | E |
| Whene'er he leaped or jumped or ran | F |
| O I was proud of him | E |
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| He leaped too far he got a hurt | G |
| He now does limping go | H |
| When I think on his active days | I |
| My heart is full of woe | H |
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| He leans on me when we to school | J |
| Do every morning walk | K |
| I cheer him on his weary way | L |
| He loves to hear my talk | K |
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| The theme of which is mostly this | M |
| What things he once could do | N |
| He listens pleased then sadly says | O |
| 'Sister I lean on you ' | - |
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| Then I reply 'Indeed you're not | P |
| Scarce any weight at all | Q |
| And let us now still younger years | R |
| To memory recall | Q |
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| 'Led by your little elder hand | S |
| I learned to walk alone | T |
| Careful you used to be of me | U |
| My little brother John | V |
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| 'How often when my young feet tired | W |
| You've carried me a mile | X |
| And still together we can sit | Y |
| And rest a little while | X |
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| 'For our kind master never minds | Z |
| If we're the very last | A2 |
| He bids us never tire ourselves | B2 |
| With walking on too fast ' | - |
Charles Lamb
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