Afraid Of His Dad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDDEE AAFFGGHHEE DDIIJJKLEE AABBMMNNEE| ever see | A |
| He's just so 'fraid he runs away | B |
| When all of us fellows want to play | B |
| An' says he dassent stay about | C |
| Coz if his father found it out | C |
| He'd wallop him An' he can't go | D |
| With us to see a picture show | D |
| On Saturdays an' it's too bad | E |
| But he's afraid to ask his dad | E |
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| When he gets his report card he | A |
| Is just as scared as scared can be | A |
| An' once I saw him when he cried | F |
| Becoz although he'd tried an' tried | F |
| His best the teacher didn't care | G |
| An' only marked his spelling fair | G |
| An' he told me there'd be a fight | H |
| When his dad saw his card that night | H |
| It seems to me it's awful bad | E |
| To be so frightened of your dad | E |
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| My Dad ain't that way I can go | D |
| An' tell him everything I know | D |
| An' ask him things an' when he comes | I |
| Back home at night he says we're chums | I |
| An' we go out an' take a walk | J |
| An' all the time he lets me talk | J |
| I ain't scared to tell him what | K |
| I've done to day that I should not | L |
| When I get home I'm always glad | E |
| To stay around an' play with Dad | E |
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| Bill Jones he says he wishes he | A |
| Could have a father just like me | A |
| But his dad hasn't time to play | B |
| An' so he chases him away | B |
| An' scolds him when he makes a noise | M |
| An' licks him if he breaks his toys | M |
| Sometimes Bill says he's got to lie | N |
| Or else get whipped an' that is why | N |
| It seems to me it's awful bad | E |
| To be so frightened of your dad | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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