A Scare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDCD HIHICDCD FJFJCDCD| There are noises that freeze up the blood | A |
| There's the sound of the burglar at night | B |
| As he's picking the lock and the thud | A |
| Of a wind worried door I thought tight | B |
| But there's nothing that frightens me more | C |
| Nor causes such horrible dread | D |
| As the bumpety bump on the floor | C |
| When the baby falls out of his bed | D |
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| The coal pile may rattle and roll | E |
| As it will in its uncanny way | F |
| But I keep my nerves under control | E |
| The neighbor's pet canine may bay | F |
| At the moon and I merely turn o'er | G |
| But I lose absolutely my head | D |
| At that bumpety bump on the floor | C |
| When the baby falls out of his bed | D |
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| A shot may ring out in the street | H |
| And 'murder' a woman may yell | I |
| I may listen to scurrying feet | H |
| But I handle myself rather well | I |
| A dark house I'll even explore | C |
| But my heart stops as though I were dead | D |
| At that bumpety bump on the floor | C |
| When the baby falls out of his bed | D |
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| I know that the old mothers say | F |
| That once every baby must fall | J |
| That they seldom are hurt in that way | F |
| And really don't mind it at all | J |
| But still terror closes each pore | C |
| And my hair stands up straight on my head | D |
| At that bumpety bump on the floor | C |
| When the baby falls out of his bed | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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