Grandma Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDECFFC GGHIIHJJKLL CCGAAGMMGCCG| There's a twinkle in her eye | A |
| O so merry O so sly | A |
| That you never see the wrinkles in her face | B |
| She's so full of fun and play | C |
| That you never see the gray | C |
| In her tresses and you never see a trace | B |
| Of the feebleness of years | D |
| Born of heartaches and of tears | E |
| She's the youngest of the children still today | C |
| All the charm of youth remains | F |
| All her beauty she retains | F |
| O she's right up to the minute in her way | C |
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| Just because she's seventy two | G |
| Any old thing will not do | G |
| She believes that she must always look her best | H |
| Though her gowns are mostly black | I |
| She was never known to lack | I |
| A little dash of color at her breast | H |
| 'Just because I'm old ' says she | J |
| 'Do not think I'm going to be | J |
| Out of style and frumpy looking for I'm not | K |
| And when folks come in to call | L |
| I'm not going to wear a shawl | L |
| And cover up the splendid things I've got ' | - |
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| O dear grandma let me say | C |
| As I look at you today | C |
| In your stylish gown of satin with its little touch of blue | G |
| As I see your merry eye | A |
| When the years have wandered by | A |
| May I only be as happy and as lovable as you | G |
| May I come from out the gloom | M |
| Of my troubles with the bloom | M |
| Of a heart that's ever youthful still in view | G |
| With a dash of color gay | C |
| To relieve the somber gray | C |
| May I be as young as you at seventy two | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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