Father's Chore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIJIKDKD| My Pa can hit his thumbnail with a hammer and keep still | A |
| He can cut himself while shaving an' not swear | B |
| If a ladder slips beneath him an' he gets a nasty spill | A |
| He can smile as though he really didn't care | B |
| But the pan beneath the ice box when he goes to empty that | C |
| Then a sound proof room the children have to hunt | D |
| For we have a sad few minutes in our very pleasant flat | C |
| When the water in it splashes down his front | D |
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| My Pa believes his temper should be all the time controlled | E |
| He doesn't rave at every little thing | F |
| When his collar button underneath the chiffonier has rolled | E |
| A snatch of merry ragtime he will sing | F |
| But the pan beneath the ice box when to empty that he goes | G |
| As he stoops to drag it out we hear a grunt | D |
| From the kitchen comes a rumble an' then everybody knows | G |
| That he splashed the water in it down his front | D |
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| Now the distance from the ice box to the sink's not very far | H |
| I'm sure it isn't over twenty feet | I |
| But though very short the journey it is long enough for Pa | J |
| As he travels it disaster grim to meet | I |
| And it's seldom that he makes it without accident although | K |
| In the summer time it is his nightly stunt | D |
| And he says a lot of language that no gentleman should know | K |
| When the water in it splashes down his front | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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