The Boy Mind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFGFG HIHIIJIJ| WISH I was only as bright as my boy | A |
| Wish I could think of the things that he springs | B |
| His is a wit without any alloy | A |
| His are real jokes without venomous stings | B |
| Laugh When he speaks from the tip of your toes | C |
| To the top of your head you will shake through and through | D |
| As the soft breeze of summer oft shakes the red rose | C |
| And the petals of pansies are thrilled by the dew | D |
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| Wish I was only as bright as my boy | A |
| Wish I could think of such funny remarks | E |
| His little mind is a fountain of joy | A |
| Throwing off fun as an anvil sheds sparks | E |
| He makes us laugh if we want to or not | F |
| Never was jester of king quite so droll | G |
| His are the shafts that go right to the spot | F |
| His is a humor that tickles your soul | G |
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| None of the quips that your funny men say | H |
| Is equal to those that the child mind produces | I |
| He has the power to drive sorrow away | H |
| The flood gates of laughter he gayly unlooses | I |
| Wise As the wisest of brow wrinkled sages | I |
| Quaint As the quaintest of men on the earth | J |
| Funny Why none of your funniest pages | I |
| Compare with a boy for real laughter and mirth | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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