Fatherhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDBC EEBFGGHF GGGAIIIA GGEJAAFK AAELEEKL| How's the little chap to know | A |
| Just the proper roads to go | A |
| If you never travel with him | B |
| While he's little hand in hand | C |
| How's he ever going to learn | D |
| Just what corners not to turn | D |
| If you never try to tell him | B |
| So that he can understand | C |
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| Who think you will train him rightly | E |
| Who will watch him daily nightly | E |
| Who will take the time to show him | B |
| Just the things he ought to do | F |
| Will some stranger or a neighbor | G |
| Take upon himself the labor | G |
| Which the Lord above intended | H |
| As a duty just for you | F |
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| Is it safe to trust another | G |
| Even though he be your brother | G |
| To the molding of his future | G |
| Can you watch him come and go | A |
| Can you go on money making | I |
| Without thought or trouble taking | I |
| To discover if he's learning | I |
| Just the things you'd have him know | A |
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| There's no fortune worth his splendor | G |
| Or his youthful days and tender | G |
| There's no goal so bright with glory | E |
| Which is worth his happiness | J |
| He's your hope of joy tomorrow | A |
| As you'll find out to your sorrow | A |
| If you let him wander from you | F |
| While you seek your own success | K |
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| Let the fame and money go | A |
| Teach him what he ought to know | A |
| You will find a greater glory | E |
| Than the selfish seeker can | L |
| Shape his mind and soul to beauty | E |
| God has given you this duty | E |
| And your age shall glow with gladness | K |
| When your boy becomes a man | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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