Story-time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI EJEJKLKL MNMNOPOP FEFEQJQJ| 'TELL us a story ' comes the cry | A |
| From little lips when nights are cold | B |
| And in the grate the flames leap high | A |
| 'Tell us a tale of pirates bold | B |
| Or fairies hiding in the glen | C |
| Or of a ship that's wrecked at sea ' | D |
| I fill my pipe and there and then | C |
| Gather the children round my knee | E |
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| I give them all a role to play | F |
| No longer are they youngsters small | G |
| And I their daddy turning gray | F |
| We are adventurers one and all | G |
| We journey forth as Robin Hood | H |
| In search of treasure or to do | I |
| Some deed of daring or of good | H |
| Our hearts are ever brave and true | I |
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| We take a solemn oath to be | E |
| Defenders of the starry flag | J |
| We brave the winter's stormy sea | E |
| Or climb the rugged mountain crag | J |
| To battle to the death with those | K |
| Who would defame our native land | L |
| We pitch our camp among the snows | K |
| Or in the tropics burning sand | L |
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| We rescue maidens young and fair | M |
| Held captive long in prison towers | N |
| We slay the villain in his lair | M |
| For we're possessed of magic powers | N |
| And though we desperately fight | O |
| When by our foes we are beset | P |
| We always triumph for the right | O |
| We have not lost a battle yet | P |
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| It matters not how far we stray | F |
| Nor where our battle lines may be | E |
| We never get so far away | F |
| That we must spend a night at sea | E |
| It matters not how high we climb | Q |
| How many foes our pathway block | J |
| We always conquer just in time | Q |
| To go to bed at o'clock | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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