A Father's Wish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGG HIJJKKLLMMGG NNOOPPQQRRGG| What do I want my boy to be | A |
| Oft is the question asked of me | A |
| And oft I ask it of myself | B |
| What corner niche or post or shelf | B |
| In the great hall of life would I | C |
| Select for him to occupy | C |
| Statesman or writer poet sage | D |
| Or toiler for a weekly wage | D |
| Artist or artisan Oh what | E |
| Is to become his future lot | F |
| For him I do not dare to plan | G |
| I only hope he'll be a man | G |
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| I leave it free for him to choose | H |
| The tools of life which he shall use | I |
| Brush pen or chisel lathe or wrench | J |
| The desk of commerce or the bench | J |
| And pray that when he makes his choice | K |
| In each day's task he shall rejoice | K |
| I know somewhere there is a need | L |
| For him to labor and succeed | L |
| Somewhere if he be clean and true | M |
| Loyal and honest through and through | M |
| He shall be fit for any clan | G |
| And so I hope he'll be a man | G |
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| I would not build my hope or ask | N |
| That he shall do some certain task | N |
| Or bend his will to suit my own | O |
| He shall select his post alone | O |
| Life needs a thousand kinds of men | P |
| Toilers and masters of the pen | P |
| Doctors mechanics sturdy hands | Q |
| To do the work which it commands | Q |
| And wheresoe'er he's pleased to go | R |
| Honor and triumph he may know | R |
| Therefore I must do all I can | G |
| To teach my boy to be a man | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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