Aunty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCC DDEEFF GGH BB IIHHJJ| and do the things his mother says he can't | A |
| An aunt to come a visitin' or one to go and see | B |
| Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be | B |
| Of course she's not your mother an' she hasn't got her ways | C |
| But a part that's most important in a feller's life she plays | C |
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| She is kind an' she is gentle an' sometimes she's full of fun | D |
| An' she's very sympathetic when some dreadful thing you've done | D |
| An' she likes to buy you candy an' she's always gettin' toys | E |
| That you wish your Pa would get you for she hasn't any boys | E |
| But sometimes she's over loving an' your cheeks turn red with shame | F |
| When she smothers you with kisses but you like her just the same | F |
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| One time my father took me to my aunty's an' he said | G |
| 'You will stay here till I get you an' be sure you go to bed | G |
| When your aunty says it's time to an' be good an' mind her too | H |
| An' when you come home we'll try to have a big surprise for you ' | - |
| I did as I was told to an' when Pa came back for me | B |
| He said there was a baby at the house for me to see | B |
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| I've been visitin' at aunty's for a week or two an' Pa | I |
| Has written that he's comin' soon to take me home to Ma | I |
| He says they're gettin' lonely an' I'm kind o' lonely too | H |
| Coz an aunt is not exactly what your mother is to you | H |
| I am hungry now to see her but I'm wondering to day | J |
| If Pa's bought another baby in the time I've been away | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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