Punishment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH ICICJKJK EAEALMLM| Their childhood is so brief that we | A |
| Should hesitate to spoil their fun | B |
| We should be very slow to see | A |
| The things that they should not have done | B |
| For such a little while they play | C |
| Before the rough long roads they tread | D |
| We should be careful every day | C |
| To send no weeping child to bed | D |
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| So soon they'll women be and men | E |
| With all the cares that grown ups know | F |
| We should be slow to punish when | E |
| Their little feet in mischief go | F |
| Our whippings should be very few | G |
| Yes very few and very mild | H |
| We should be careful what we do | G |
| In dealing with a happy child | H |
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| So few the years that are their own | I |
| So brief the time to romp and play | C |
| So very quickly are they grown | I |
| To face the battles of the day | C |
| That we should hesitate to mar | J |
| With punishment however slight | K |
| The days that oh so precious are | J |
| And turn to grief a child's delight | K |
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| Too soon will come the long days when | E |
| They'll often heavy hearted be | A |
| And they'll look back on childhood then | E |
| And think of you and think of me | A |
| And we should have them then recall | L |
| When we are sleeping in the grave | M |
| Not how we punished children small | L |
| But how we kissed them and forgave | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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