Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHIJI KLKLDFMF NAOAJPQP DRDRSBTB| My father knows the proper way | A |
| The nation should be run | B |
| He tells us children every day | A |
| Just what should now be done | B |
| He knows the way to fix the trusts | C |
| He has a simple plan | D |
| But if the furnace needs repairs | E |
| We have to hire a man | D |
| My father in a day or two | F |
| Could land big thieves in jail | G |
| There's nothing that he cannot do | F |
| He knows no word like fail | G |
| Our confidence he would restore | H |
| Of that there is no doubt | I |
| But if there is a chair to mend | J |
| We have to send it out | I |
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| All public questions that arise | K |
| He settles on the spot | L |
| He waits not till the tumult dies | K |
| But grabs it while it's hot | L |
| In matters of finance he can | D |
| Tell Congress what to do | F |
| But O he finds it hard to meet | M |
| His bills as they fall due | F |
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| It almost makes him sick to read | N |
| The things law makers say | A |
| Why father's just the man they need | O |
| He never goes astray | A |
| All wars he'd very quickly end | J |
| As fast as I can write it | P |
| But when a neighbor starts a fuss | Q |
| 'Tis mother has to fight it | P |
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| In conversation father can | D |
| Do many wondrous things | R |
| He's built upon a wiser plan | D |
| Than presidents or kings | R |
| He knows the ins and outs of each | S |
| And every deep transaction | B |
| We look to him for theories | T |
| But look to ma for action | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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