Cleaning The Furnace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFG HHIIE JJKKB| Last night Pa said to Ma 'My dear it's gettin' on to fall | A |
| It's time I did a little job I do not like at all | A |
| I wisht 'at I was rich enough to hire a man to do | B |
| The dirty work around this house an' clean up when he's through | B |
| But since I'm not I'm truly glad that I am strong an' stout | C |
| An' ain't ashamed to go myself an' clean the furnace out ' | D |
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| Then after supper Pa put on his overalls an' said | E |
| He'd work down in the cellar till 'twas time to go to bed | E |
| He started in to rattle an' to bang an' poke an' stir | F |
| An' the dust began a climbin' up through every register | F |
| Till Ma said 'Goodness gracious go an' shut those things up tight | G |
| Or we'll all be suffocated an' the house will be a sight ' | - |
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| Then he carted out the ashes in a basket an' a pail | H |
| An' from cellar door to alley he just left an ashy trail | H |
| Then he pulled apart the chimney an' 'twas full of something black | I |
| An' he skinned most all his knuckles when he tried to put it back | I |
| We could hear him talkin' awful an' Ma looked at us an' said | E |
| 'I think it would be better if you children went to bed ' | - |
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| When he came up from the cellar there were ashes in his hair | J |
| There were ashes in his eyebrows but he didn't seem to care | J |
| There were ashes in his mustache there were ashes in his eyes | K |
| An' we never would have known him if he'd took us by surprise | K |
| 'Well I got it clean ' he sputtered and Ma said 'I guess that's true | B |
| Once the dirt was in the furnace but now most of it's on you ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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