The Little Velvet Suit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEFFBA GGHHI ABJJKKLast night I got to thinkin' of the pleasant long ago | A |
When I still had on knee breeches an' I wore a flowing bow | B |
An' my Sunday suit was velvet Ma an' Pa thought it was fine | C |
But I know I didn't like it either velvet or design | C |
It was far too girlish for me for I wanted something rough | D |
Like what other boys were wearing but Ma wouldn't buy such stuff | D |
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Ma answered all my protests in her sweet an kindly way | E |
She said it didn't matter what I wore to run an' play | E |
But on Sundays when all people went to church an wore their best | F |
Her boy must look as stylish an' as well kept as the rest | F |
So she dressed me up in velvet an' she tied the flowing bow | B |
An' she straightened out my stockings so that not a crease would show | A |
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An' then I chuckled softly to myself while dreaming there | G |
An' I saw her standing o'er me combing out my tangled hair | G |
I could feel again the tugging an' I heard the yell I gave | H |
When she struck a snarl an' softly I could hear her say 'Be brave | H |
'Twill be over in a minute and a little man like you | I |
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 know | A |
That I'd gladly wear to please her that old flowing girlish bow | B |
And I think I'd even try to don once more that velvet suit | J |
And blush the same old blushes as the women called me cute | J |
Could the dear old mother only take me by the hand again | K |
And be as proud of me right now as she was always then | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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