Pa Discusses Economy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEEFF GGH IIJJ KK| This year ' said Pa on New Year's night 'we'll start upon a different plan | A |
| I'm sick and tired of ending years as poor as when those years began | A |
| I'm sick and tired of spending coin before I've really got it earned | B |
| This year we're going to save some dough that is the new leaf that I've turned ' | C |
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| Ma didn't say a word right then an' Pa went on | D |
| 'This year we'll try | E |
| To cut out all our foolishness an' put a little money by | E |
| It's terrible the way we've spent the money that I labor for | F |
| On things that we don't really need but we won't do it any more | F |
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| ''There's lots of ways that we can save we'll stop the many little leaks | G |
| And soon we'll have a bank account I've thought it out for weeks and weeks | G |
| I'm sick and tired of toiling hard an' havin' nothing left to show | H |
| For all I've done the long year through this year we'll start to save our dough ' | - |
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| An' Ma looked up an' said to Pa 'I'm glad to hear you make that vow | I |
| We ought to save a lot each year an' listen while I tell you how | I |
| Those poker games you ought to stop I've always said that they're not right | J |
| Ten dollars that we could have saved you lost at Brown's the other night | J |
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| 'An' then you cut out shaking dice with friends who ride in motor cars | K |
| We'd save a lot of coin if you'd quit getting stuck for their cigars | K |
| There are a lot of ways to save our money I can plainly see ' | - |
| Then Pa got mad an' said 'That's right I knew you'd blame it all on me ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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