The Boy's Adventure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGDD HHIIJJD| 'Dear Father ' he wrote me from Somewhere in France | A |
| Where he's waiting with Pershing to lead the advance | A |
| 'There's little the censor permits me to tell | B |
| Save the fact that I'm here and am happy and well | B |
| The French people cheered as we marched from our ship | C |
| At the close of a really remarkable trip | C |
| They danced and they screamed and they shouted and ran | D |
| And I blush as I write I was kissed by a man | D |
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| 'I've seen a great deal since I bade you good bye | E |
| I have witnessed a battle far up in the sky | E |
| I have heard the dull roar of a long line of guns | F |
| And seen the destruction that's worked by the Huns | F |
| Some scenes I'll remember and some I'll forget | G |
| But the welcome he gave me I'm feeling it yet | G |
| Oh try to imagine your boy if you can | D |
| As he looked and he felt being kissed by a man | D |
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| ''Ah Meestaire ' he cried in a voice that was shrill | H |
| And his queer little eyes with delight seemed to fill | H |
| And before I was wise to the custom or knew | I |
| Just what he was up to about me he threw | I |
| His arms and he hugged me and then with a squeak | J |
| He planted a chaste little kiss on each cheek | J |
| He was stocky and strong and his whiskers were tan | D |
| Now please keep it dark I've been kissed by a man ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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