A Baby's Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEE FGHGIIJJ KLMLBBNN OIMIPPQQ| A BABY is the best to love | A |
| She always smiles when you draw near | B |
| Though ugly you may be of face | C |
| No handsomer may interfere | B |
| And win her heart away from you | D |
| Despite your faults she's always true | D |
| And though you be unknown to fame | E |
| A baby's love remains the same | E |
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| A baby's eyes are always bright | F |
| A baby's lips are always red | G |
| And O a baby's voice is sweet | H |
| Though not a word she's ever said | G |
| A baby loves you for yourself | I |
| She's not entranced by sordid pelf | I |
| Though other loves may leave a smart | J |
| A baby never breaks your heart | J |
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| It matters not though you be poor | K |
| And friendless in the outside world | L |
| The moment that you cross the door | M |
| That baby in your arms is curled | L |
| Though all the world may jibe and jeer | B |
| A baby smiles when you draw near | B |
| Through joy or sorrow weal or woe | N |
| With you a babe is glad to go | N |
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| Ah lucky man indeed is he | O |
| Who has a babe at home to love | I |
| All that men now are striving for | M |
| He owns a treasure far above | I |
| Though fate may rob him of his gold | P |
| And bare him in the winter's cold | P |
| And drag him down to deep despair | Q |
| His baby still will count him fair | Q |
Edgar Albert Guest
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