A Wish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACDC ABABCEFE GHDIJAFA| I'd like to be a boy again a care free prince of joy again | A |
| I'd like to tread the hills and dales the way I used to do | B |
| I'd like the tattered shirt again the knickers thick with dirt again | A |
| The ugly dusty feet again that long ago I knew | B |
| I'd like to play first base again and Sliver's curves to face again | A |
| I'd like to climb the way I did a friendly apple tree | C |
| For knowing what I do to day could I but wander back and play | D |
| I'd get full measure of the joy that boyhood gave to me | C |
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| I'd like to be a lad again a youngster wild and glad again | A |
| I'd like to sleep and eat again the way I used to do | B |
| I'd like to race and run again and drain from life its fun again | A |
| And start another round of joy the moment one was through | B |
| But care and strife have come to me and often days are glum to me | C |
| And sleep is not the thing it was and food is not the same | E |
| And I have sighed and known that I must journey on again to sigh | F |
| And I have stood at envy's point and heard the voice of shame | E |
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| I've learned that joys are fleeting things that parting pain each meeting brings | G |
| That gain and loss are partners here and so are smiles and tears | H |
| That only boys from day to day can drain and fill the cup of play | D |
| That age must mourn for what is lost throughout the coming years | I |
| But boys cannot appreciate their priceless joy until too late | J |
| And those who own the charms I had will soon be changed to men | A |
| And then they too will sit as I and backward turn to look and sigh | F |
| And share my longing vain to be a carefree boy again | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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