Getting Her A Valentine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD CECEBB FGFGHH IJIJKK ALALB| GIVE me the prettiest valentine | A |
| You've got in the shop ' said he | B |
| 'One with the tenderest sort o' line | A |
| In type that her eyes can see | B |
| One that she won't need her specs to read | C |
| 'I love you my darling ' is all I need | D |
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| 'A line o' love from an old bald head | C |
| An' a throb from a battered heart | E |
| An old skeezicks with a feeble tread | C |
| A lover no longer smart | E |
| An' she ain't as young as she used t' be | B |
| But she looks for her valentine still from me | B |
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| 'I wish they made old folks' valentines | F |
| With gray heads close together | G |
| An' printed 'em too with loving lines | F |
| About fair and stormy weather | G |
| An' showed the old man an' his gray haired wife | H |
| Walking arm in arm on the edge of life | H |
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| 'We've traveled the road from youth to age | I |
| Without missin' a single kiss | J |
| In our book o' life every written page | I |
| Has something o' joy and bliss | J |
| An' though it ain't long till we go above | K |
| We 're nearing the end with a load o' love | K |
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| 'So give me your prettiest valentine | A |
| An' I'll send it along today | L |
| To that wonderful old sweetheart o' mine | A |
| Whose tresses are thin and gray | L |
| But I wish they made valentines ' said he | B |
| 'For seventy year lovers like ma an' me ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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