At Breakfast Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEDFGHG IFJFKBJBLDHD MENEBOPOQRHR AFSFSTFTH US| My Pa he eats his breakfast | A |
| in a funny sort of way | B |
| We hardly ever see him | C |
| at the first meal of the day | B |
| Ma puts his food before him | C |
| and he settles in his place | D |
| An' then he props the paper up | E |
| and we can't see his face | D |
| We hear him blow his coffee | F |
| and we hear him chew his toast | G |
| But it's for the morning paper | H |
| that he seems to care the most | G |
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| Ma says that little children | I |
| mighty grateful ought to be | F |
| To the folks that fixed the evening | J |
| as the proper time for tea | F |
| She says if meals were only served | K |
| to people once a day | B |
| An' that was in the morning | J |
| just before Pa goes away | B |
| We'd never know how father looked | L |
| when he was in his place | D |
| Coz he'd always have the morning paper | H |
| stuck before his face | D |
| - | |
| He drinks his coffee steamin' hot | M |
| an' passes Ma his cup | E |
| To have it filled a second time | N |
| an' never once looks up | E |
| He never has a word to say | B |
| but just sits there an' reads | O |
| An' when she sees his hand stuck out | P |
| Ma gives him what he needs | O |
| She guesses what it is he wants | Q |
| coz it's no use to ask | R |
| Pa's got to read his paper | H |
| an' sometimes that's quite a task | R |
| - | |
| One morning we had breakfast | A |
| an' his features we could see | F |
| But his face was long an' solemn | S |
| an' he didn't speak to me | F |
| An' we couldn't get him laughin' | S |
| an' we couldn't make him smile | T |
| An' he said the toast was soggy | F |
| an' the coffee simply vile | T |
| Then Ma said 'What's the matter | H |
| Why are you so cross an' glum ' | - |
| An' Pa 'most took her head off | U |
| coz the paper didn't come | S |
Edgar Albert Guest
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