The Ballad Of The New Arrival Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC BBBBBCBC BCBC| IT isn't the blue in the skies | A |
| Nor the song of the whispering trees | B |
| The light in a fair maiden's eyes | A |
| My joy is far greater than these | B |
| You will pardon my arrogance please | B |
| And forgive the wide bulge in my brow | C |
| My hand I'll permit you to seize | B |
| There's another to welcome me now | C |
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| Naught to me are political cries | A |
| Or Teddy's or Taft's policies | B |
| The charges of fraud or of lies | A |
| Or Wilson's big stock of degrees | B |
| Pinning blankets long dresses boot ees | B |
| This morning are all I allow | C |
| In my thoughts both at work and at ease | B |
| There's another to welcome me now | C |
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| 'With a smile on my face I arise | B |
| And beg for permission to squeeze | B |
| The wee little hand that I prize | B |
| And I wonder if daddy he sees | B |
| The world with its mountains and seas | B |
| Is a mighty big place but I vow | C |
| The whole world is here at my knees | B |
| There's another to welcome me now | C |
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| Prince at your pleasures I sneeze | B |
| You to riches and glory may bow | C |
| But my joy is greater than these | B |
| There's another to welcome me now | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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