The Boy's Ideal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBBEEFFBBGGHH IIJJ| I must be fit for a child to play with | A |
| Fit for a youngster to walk away with | A |
| Fit for his trust and fit to be | B |
| Ready to take him upon my knee | B |
| Whether I win or I lose my fight | C |
| I must be fit for my boy at night | C |
| I must be fit for a child to come to | D |
| Speech there is that I must be dumb to | D |
| I must be fit for his eyes to see | B |
| He must find nothing of shame in me | B |
| Whatever I make of myself I must | E |
| Square to my boy's unfaltering trust | E |
| I must be fit for a child to follow | F |
| Scorning the places where loose men wallow | F |
| Knowing how much he shall learn from me | B |
| I must be fair as I'd have him be | B |
| I must come home to him day by day | G |
| Clean as the morning I went away | G |
| I must be fit for a child's glad greeting | H |
| His are eyes that there is no cheating | H |
| He must behold me in every test | I |
| Not at my worst but my very best | I |
| He must be proud when my life is done | J |
| To have men know that he is my son | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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