Old Santeclaus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEF GHIJ KKLL MNOO PQRR SSOO TTOO| Old SANTECLAUS with much delight | A |
| His reindeer drives this frosty night | A |
| O'er chimney tops and tracks of snow | B |
| To bring his yearly gifts to you | C |
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| The steady friend of virtuous youth | D |
| The friend of duty and of truth | D |
| Each Christmas eve he joys to come | E |
| Where love and peace have made their home | F |
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| Through many houses he has been | G |
| And various beds and stockings seen | H |
| Some white as snow and neatly mended | I |
| Others that seemed for pigs intended | J |
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| Where e'er I found good girls or boys | K |
| That hated quarrels strife and noise | K |
| I left an apple or a tart | L |
| Or wooden gun or painted cart | L |
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| To some I gave a pretty doll | M |
| To some a peg top or a ball | N |
| No crackers cannons squibs or rockets | O |
| To blow their eyes up or their pockets | O |
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| No drums to stun their Mother's ear | P |
| Nor swords to make their sisters fear | Q |
| But pretty books to store their mind | R |
| With knowledge of each various kind | R |
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| But where I found the children naughty | S |
| In manners rude in temper haughty | S |
| Thankless to parents liars swearers | O |
| Boxers or cheats or base tale bearers | O |
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| I left a long black birchen rod | T |
| Such as the dread command of God | T |
| Directs a Parent's hand to use | O |
| When virtue's path his sons refuse | O |
Clement C. Moore
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