Green Apple Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFF GGHHIIJJKK LLBBMMFFNN AAHHOOFFKK| Green apple time an' Oh the joy | A |
| Once more to be a healthy boy | A |
| Casting a longin' greedy eye | B |
| At every tree he passes by | B |
| Riskin' the direst consequence | C |
| To sneak inside a neighbor's fence | D |
| An' shake from many a loaded limb | E |
| The fruit that seems so near to him | E |
| Gosh but once more I'd like to be | F |
| The boy I was in eighty three | F |
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| Here I am sittin' with my pipe | G |
| Waitin' for apples to get ripe | G |
| Waitin' until the friendly sun | H |
| Has bronzed 'em all an' says they're done | H |
| Not darin' any more to climb | I |
| An' pick a few afore their time | I |
| No legs to run no teeth to chew | J |
| The way that healthy youngsters do | J |
| Jus' old enough to sit an' wait | K |
| An' pick my apple from a plate | K |
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| Plate apples ain't to be compared | L |
| With those you've ventured for an' dared | L |
| It's winnin' 'em from branches high | B |
| Or nippin' 'em when no one's by | B |
| Or findin' 'em the time you feel | M |
| You really need another meal | M |
| Or comin' unexpectedly | F |
| Upon a farmer's loaded tree | F |
| An' grabbin' all that you can eat | N |
| That goes to make an apple sweet | N |
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| Green apple time Go to it boy | A |
| An' cram yourself right full o' joy | A |
| Watch for the farmer's dog an' run | H |
| There'll come a time it can't be done | H |
| There'll come a day you can't digest | O |
| The fruit you've stuffed into your vest | O |
| Nor climb but you'll sit down like me | F |
| An' watch 'em ripening on the tree | F |
| An' jus' like me you'll have to wait | K |
| To pick your apples from a plate | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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