A Boost For Modern Methods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHGGIIJJ| In some respects the old days were perhaps ahead of these | A |
| Before we got to wanting wealth and costly luxuries | A |
| Perhaps the world was happier then I'm not the one to say | B |
| But when it's zero weather I am glad I live to day | B |
| Old fashioned winters I recall the winters of my youth | C |
| I have no great desire for them to day I say in truth | C |
| The frost upon the window panes was beautiful to see | D |
| But the chill upon that bedroom floor was not a joy to me | D |
| I do not now recall that it was fun in those days when | E |
| I woke to learn the water pipes were frozen tight 'again ' | F |
| To win once more the old time joys I don't believe I'd care | G |
| To have to sleep for comfort's sake dressed in my underwear | G |
| Old fashioned winters had their charms a fact I can't deny | H |
| But after all I'm really glad that they have wandered by | H |
| We used to tumble out of bed like firemen I declare | G |
| And grab our clothes and hike down stairs and finish dressing there | G |
| Yes brag about those days of old boast of them as you will | I |
| I sing the modern methods that have robbed them of their chill | I |
| I sing the cheery steam pipe and the upstairs snug and warm | J |
| And a spine that's free from shivers as I robe my manly form | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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