Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDEFFE GBFFBHFIIFI never knew the joy of getting home | A |
I never knew how fast a heart could beat | B |
I never tasted joy | C |
Till the day my little boy | C |
Came running up to meet me on the street | B |
I never knew the pleasure of a smile | D |
I never knew the music of a voice | E |
Till I heard my baby greet me | F |
On this day he ran to meet me | F |
In a way that made my weary heart rejoice | E |
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I never knew a welcome half so true | G |
Till I heard his 'hello daddy ' down the street | B |
And though weary as could be | F |
When he scampered up to me | F |
There was comfort in the patter of his feet | B |
I never knew the charm of laughing eyes | H |
I never knew how happy I could be | F |
I never knew the cheer | I |
That makes worry disappear | I |
Till the day my baby first ran up to me | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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