Forgetful Pa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHBBIIAA JJFFKKLLMGNNOOFGPF| My Pa says that he used to be | A |
| A bright boy in geography | A |
| An' when he went to school he knew | B |
| The rivers an' the mountains too | B |
| An' all the capitals of states | C |
| An' bound'ry lines an' all the dates | C |
| They joined the union But last night | D |
| When I was studyin' to recite | D |
| I asked him if he would explain | E |
| The leading industries of Maine | E |
| He thought an' thought an' thought a lot | F |
| An' said 'I knew but I've forgot ' | G |
| My Pa says when he was in school | H |
| He got a hundred as a rule | H |
| An' grammar was a thing he knew | B |
| Becoz he paid attention to | B |
| His teacher an' he learned the way | I |
| To write good English an' to say | I |
| The proper things an' I should be | A |
| As good a boy in school as he | A |
| But once I asked him could he give | J |
| Me help with the infinitive | J |
| He scratched his head and said 'Great Scott | F |
| I used to know but I've forgot | F |
| My Pa says when he was a boy | K |
| Arithmetic was just a toy | K |
| He learned his tables mighty fast | L |
| An' every term he always passed | L |
| An' had good marks an' teachers said | M |
| 'That youngster surely has a head ' | G |
| But just the same I notice now | N |
| Most every time I ask him how | N |
| To find the common multiple | O |
| He says 'That's most unusual | O |
| Once I'd have told you on the spot | F |
| But somehow sonny I've forgot ' | G |
| I'm tellin' you just what is what | P |
| My Pa's forgot an awful lot | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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