A Coming Reunion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFAA EEGGFF EEHHFF| Jim's made good in the world out there an' Kate has a man that's true | A |
| No better of course than she deserves she's rich but she's happy too | A |
| Fred is manager full fledged now he's boss of a big concern | B |
| An' I lose my breath when I think sometimes of the money that he can earn | B |
| Clever the word don't mean enough to tell what they really are | C |
| Clever an' honest an' good an' kind if you doubt me ask their Ma | D |
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| Proud of 'em Well I should say we are an' we have a right to be | E |
| Some are proud to have one child an' I am proud of three | E |
| That's all the honor a fellow needs why Ma an' I often say | F |
| There isn't a king or a queen on earth as proud as we are today | F |
| Three babies off in the world out there all honest an' kind an' true | A |
| That's something to brag of when you are old an' your journey is almost through | A |
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| We've stretched the table out a bit the way that it used to be | E |
| When we were younger an' here's Ma's chair an' there is a place for me | E |
| An' there's a chair for our little Kate an' one for the man she wed | G |
| An' yonder just to the left of Ma is a place for our baby Fred | G |
| An' Jim the eldest will sit by me they're comin' Thanksgiving day | F |
| To sit once more where they used to sit before they went away | F |
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| They ain't ashamed of the old old place an' they ain't ashamed of me | E |
| An' they're just as proud of their dear old Ma as ever they used to be | E |
| They've got rich friends in the city now an' there's nothing that's fine they lack | H |
| But their hearts still stay with us here at home and they joy in the comin' back | H |
| So we've stretched the table out a bit to the length that it was when they | F |
| Were youngsters here in the home with us They're comin' Thanksgiving day | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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