Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE| Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me | A |
| Never a thought of the joys that flew by | B |
| Her one regret that she couldn't do more for me | A |
| Thoughtless and selfish her Master was I | B |
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| Oh the long nights that she came at my call to me | A |
| Oh the soft touch of her hands on my brow | C |
| Oh the long years that she gave up her all to me | A |
| Oh how I yearn for her gentleness now | C |
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| Slave to her baby Yes that was the way of her | D |
| Counting her greatest of services small | E |
| Words cannot tell what this old heart would say of her | D |
| Mother the sweetest and fairest of all | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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