The Little Orphan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GHHDD IICCDD| The crowded street his playground is a patch of blue his sky | A |
| A puddle in a vacant lot his sea where ships pass by | A |
| Poor little orphan boy of five the city smoke and grime | B |
| Taint every cooling breeze he gets throughout the summer time | B |
| And he is just as your boy is a child who loves to play | C |
| Except that he is drawn and white and cannot get away | C |
| And he would like the open fields for often in his dreams | D |
| The angels kind bear him off to where are pleasant streams | D |
| Where he may sail a splendid boat sometimes he flies a kite | E |
| Or romps beside a shepherd dog and shouts with all his might | E |
| But when the dawn of morning comes he wakes to find once more | F |
| That what he thought were sun kissed hills are rags upon the floor | F |
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| Then through the hot and sultry day he plays at 'make pretend ' | - |
| The alley is a sandy beach where all the rich folks send | G |
| Their little boys and girls to play a barrel is his boat | H |
| But oh the air is stifling and the dust fills up his throat | H |
| And though he tries so very hard to play somehow it seems | D |
| He never gets such wondrous joys as angels bring in dreams | D |
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| Poor little orphan boy of five except that he is pale | I |
| With sunken cheeks and hollow eyes and very wan and frail | I |
| Just like that little boy of yours with same desire to play | C |
| Fond of the open fields and skies he's built the self same way | C |
| But kept by fate and circumstance away from shady streams | D |
| His only joy comes when he sleeps and angels bring him dreams | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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