Forgotten Boyhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJ KKLLMMCCEE FFNNEEOOEE| He wears a long and solemn face | A |
| And drives the children from his place | A |
| He doesn't like to hear them shout | B |
| Or race and run and romp about | B |
| And if they chance to climb his tree | C |
| He is as ugly as can be | C |
| If in his yard they drive a ball | D |
| Which near his pretty flowers should fall | D |
| He hides the leather sphere away | E |
| Thus hoping to prevent their play | E |
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| The youngsters worry him a lot | F |
| This sorry man who has forgot | F |
| That once upon a time he too | G |
| The self same mischief used to do | G |
| The boyhood he has left behind | H |
| Has strangely vanished from his mind | H |
| And he is old and gray and cross | I |
| For having suffered such a loss | I |
| He thinks he never had the joy | J |
| That is the birthright of a boy | J |
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| He has forgotten how he ran | K |
| Or to a dog's tail tied a can | K |
| Broke window panes and loved to swipe | L |
| Some neighbor's apples red and ripe | L |
| He thinks that always day or night | M |
| His conduct was exactly right | M |
| In boys to day he cannot see | C |
| The youngster that he used to be | C |
| Forgotten is that by gone day | E |
| When he was mischievous as they | E |
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| Poor man I'm sorry for your lot | F |
| The best of life you have forgot | F |
| Could you remember what you were | N |
| Unharnessed and untouched by spur | N |
| These youngsters that you drive away | E |
| Would be your comrades here to day | E |
| Among them you could gayly walk | O |
| And share their laughter and their talk | O |
| You could be young and blithe as they | E |
| Could you recall your yesterday | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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