My Big Brother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBBCDEED FFGGHH IID EEFFJJDK D| My big brother will git you fer that | A |
| He'll shine up your eye and he'll step on your hat | A |
| You'd better watch out in the mornin' for he | B |
| Will be lookin' fer you jes' for pickin' on me | B |
| You can slap me an' cuff me | B |
| An' bully an' bluff me | B |
| But I ain't alone in this world | C |
| There's another | D |
| That you've got to meet | E |
| When you're out in the street | E |
| Who will fix you fer certain an' that's my big brother | D |
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| My big brother can clean up with two | F |
| Or sixteen or eighteen big cowards like you | F |
| An' you'd better be careful coz when he's around | G |
| With only one hand he'll knock you to the ground | G |
| When I tell what you did | H |
| He'll say ' That's all right kid | H |
| I'll just send him bawling back home to his mother ' | - |
| If you're looking for fight | I |
| You will get it all right | I |
| The very next time that you meet my big brother | D |
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| 'My big brother ' I heard it to day as I passed down the street | E |
| And it brought back to me many memories sweet | E |
| Of the days long ago when my big brother too | F |
| Did for me what he threatened his brother would do | F |
| When he finished my fights | J |
| And he stood for my rights | J |
| With a strength I believed that no rival could smother | D |
| And I chuckled with joy | K |
| And I thought ' Lucky boy ' | - |
| For I know what it means to possess a big brother | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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