Daddies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACA DCDCEFEF EAEAAEAE DGDGCHCH| I would rather be the daddy | A |
| Of a romping roguish crew | B |
| Of a bright eyed chubby laddie | A |
| And a little girl or two | B |
| Than the monarch of a nation | C |
| In his high and lofty seat | A |
| Taking empty adoration | C |
| From the subjects at his feet | A |
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| I would rather own their kisses | D |
| As at night to me they run | C |
| Than to be the king who misses | D |
| All the simpler forms of fun | C |
| When his dreary day is ending | E |
| He is dismally alone | F |
| But when my sun is descending | E |
| There are joys for me to own | F |
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| He may ride to horns and drumming | E |
| I must walk a quiet street | A |
| But when once they see me coming | E |
| Then on joyous flying feet | A |
| They come racing to me madly | A |
| And I catch them with a swing | E |
| And I say it proudly gladly | A |
| That I'm happier than a king | E |
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| You may talk of lofty places | D |
| You may boast of pomp and power | G |
| Men may turn their eager faces | D |
| To the glory of an hour | G |
| But give me the humble station | C |
| With its joys that long survive | H |
| For the daddies of the nation | C |
| Are the happiest men alive | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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