Guessing Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHIJ KKLLIJ| It's guessing time at our house every evening after tea | A |
| We start guessing what old Santa's going to leave us on our tree | A |
| Everyone of us holds secrets that the others try to steal | B |
| And that eyes and lips are plainly having trouble to conceal | B |
| And a little lip that quivered just a bit the other night | C |
| Was a sad and startling warning that I mustn't guess it right | C |
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| Guess what you will get for Christmas is the cry that starts the fun | D |
| And I answer Give the letter with which the name's begun | D |
| Oh the eyes that dance around me and the joyous faces there | E |
| Keep me nightly guessing wildly Is it something I can wear | E |
| I implore them all to tell me in a frantic sort of way | F |
| And pretend that I am puzzled just to keep them feeling gay | F |
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| Oh the wise and knowing glances that across the table fly | G |
| And the winks exchanged with mother that they think I never spy | G |
| Oh the whispered confidences that are poured into her ear | H |
| And the laughter gay that follows when I try my best to hear | H |
| Oh the shouts of glad derision when I bet that it's a cane | I |
| And the merry answering chorus No it's not Just guess again | J |
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| It's guessing time at our house and the fun is running fast | K |
| And I wish somehow this contest of delight could always last | K |
| For the love that's in their faces and their laughter ringing clear | L |
| Is their dad's most precious present when the Christmas time is near | L |
| And soon as it is over when the tree is bare and plain | I |
| I shall start in looking forward to the time to guess again | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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