Tell Him Why Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIJICDCD| When your boy wants to do what he shouldn't | A |
| Some foolish or dangerous thing | B |
| Or something you wish that he wouldn't | A |
| A deed that disaster may bring | B |
| That he must not you hasten to tell him | C |
| And threaten him should he defy | D |
| With a positive order you quell him | C |
| But do you explain to him why | D |
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| When you want him to do what he should do | E |
| When you're eager to have him polite | F |
| When its something you know that he could do | E |
| Do you train him with reason or fright | F |
| You may say that he 'must' or severely | G |
| With him you will deal by and by | D |
| You see why it's proper most clearly | G |
| But do you explain to him why | D |
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| A boy's mind is open to reason | H |
| A thinking device is his brain | I |
| Injustice he's ready to seize on | J |
| So why don't you stop to explain | I |
| It's perfectly proper to check him | C |
| When you see that in danger he'd fly | D |
| But it certainly sure that you'll wreck him | C |
| Unless you explain to him why | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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