The Good Little Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFGHHII JJKKLLMM NNOOPPCC| Once there was a boy who never | A |
| Tore his clothes or hardly ever | A |
| Never made his sister mad | B |
| Never whipped fer bein' bad | B |
| Never scolded by his Ma | C |
| Never frowned at by his Pa | C |
| Always fit fer folks to see | D |
| Always good as good could be | D |
| - | |
| This good little boy from Heaven | E |
| So I'm told was only seven | E |
| Yet he never shed real tears | F |
| When his mother scrubbed his ears | G |
| An' at times when he was dressed | H |
| Fer a party in his best | H |
| He was careful of his shirt | I |
| Not to get it smeared with dirt | I |
| - | |
| Used to study late at night | J |
| Learnin' how to read an' write | J |
| When he played a baseball game | K |
| Right away he always came | K |
| When his mother called him in | L |
| An' he never made a din | L |
| But was quiet as a mouse | M |
| when they'd comp'ny in the house | M |
| - | |
| Liked to wash his hands an' face | N |
| Liked to work around the place | N |
| Never when he'd tired of play | O |
| Left his wagon in the way | O |
| Or his bat an' ball around | P |
| Put 'em where they could be found | P |
| An' that good boy married Ma | C |
| An' to day he is my Pa | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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