The Little Velvet Suit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEFFBA GGHHI ABJJKK

Last night I got to thinkin' of the pleasant long agoA
When I still had on knee breeches an' I wore a flowing bowB
An' my Sunday suit was velvet Ma an' Pa thought it was fineC
But I know I didn't like it either velvet or designC
It was far too girlish for me for I wanted something roughD
Like what other boys were wearing but Ma wouldn't buy such stuffD
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Ma answered all my protests in her sweet an kindly wayE
She said it didn't matter what I wore to run an' playE
But on Sundays when all people went to church an wore their bestF
Her boy must look as stylish an' as well kept as the restF
So she dressed me up in velvet an' she tied the flowing bowB
An' she straightened out my stockings so that not a crease would showA
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An' then I chuckled softly to myself while dreaming thereG
An' I saw her standing o'er me combing out my tangled hairG
I could feel again the tugging an' I heard the yell I gaveH
When she struck a snarl an' softly I could hear her say 'Be braveH
'Twill be over in a minute and a little man like youI
Shouldn't whimper at a little bit of pain the way you do '-
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Oh I wouldn't mind the tugging at my scalp lock and I knowA
That I'd gladly wear to please her that old flowing girlish bowB
And I think I'd even try to don once more that velvet suitJ
And blush the same old blushes as the women called me cuteJ
Could the dear old mother only take me by the hand againK
And be as proud of me right now as she was always thenK

Edgar Albert Guest



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