Lillian's Reading Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON| AIRY fairy Lillian | A |
| What a naughty thing to do | B |
| By noon had read a Laura | C |
| Libbey paper novel through | B |
| - | |
| By four o'clock another | D |
| Tale of love and passion trite | E |
| She had devoured and on the third | F |
| Was well along by night | E |
| - | |
| But in the kitchen Lillian's | G |
| Mother toiled with dish and spoon | H |
| Endeavoring to work and get | I |
| A lunch for dad at noon | H |
| - | |
| She washed the dishes scrubbed the floors | J |
| And made each bed by four | K |
| And even ironed every waist | L |
| That lovely Lillian wore | K |
| - | |
| Thus every Laura Libbey book | M |
| That lovely Lillian reads | N |
| Is built on mushy love affairs | O |
| And mother's noble deeds | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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