Different Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEE FFGGHHEEreading what may happen never lightens any care | A |
I believe in facing trouble without fretting o'er the cost | B |
But it's altogether different when your little one is lost | C |
Oh it's altogether different when you think she's gone astray | D |
When she's toddled from the doorway and you cannot tell which way | D |
When you call and get no answer and you call and call again | E |
You are game but still you worry for it's mighty different then | E |
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Then the sweat comes on your forehead and your nerves begin to dance | F |
And the only thing you think of is some dreadful circumstance | F |
You never stop to reason and you play no hero's part | G |
For terror trembling terror is a lodger in your heart | G |
You could face financial ruin without parting with your grin | H |
You could smile to see another take the prize you hoped to win | H |
But you never cease to worry till you find your child again | E |
In the cupboard where she's hiding for it's mighty different then | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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