The Painter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHIIJJ KKLLMM| When my hair is thin and silvered an' my time of toil is through | A |
| When I've many years behind me an' ahead of me a few | A |
| I shall want to sit I reckon sort of dreamin' in the sun | B |
| An' recall the roads I've traveled an' the many things I've done | B |
| An' I hope there'll be no picture that I'll hate to look upon | C |
| When the time to paint it better or to wipe it out is gone | D |
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| I hope there'll be no vision of a hasty word I've said | E |
| That has left a trail of sorrow like a whip welt sore an' red | E |
| An' I hope my old age dreamin' will bring back no bitter scene | F |
| Of a time when I was selfish an' a time when I was mean | F |
| When I'm gettin' old an' feeble an' I'm far along life's way | G |
| I don't want to sit regrettin' any by gone yesterday | G |
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| I'll admit the children boss me I'll admit I often smile | H |
| When I ought to frown upon 'em but for such a little while | H |
| They are naughty romping youngsters that I have no heart to scold | I |
| An' I know if I should whip 'em I'd regret it when I'm old | I |
| Age to me would be a torment an' a ghost infested night | J |
| If I'd ever hurt a baby an' I could not make it right | J |
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| I am painting now the pictures that I'll some day want to see | K |
| I am filling in a canvas that will come back soon to me | K |
| An' though nothing great is on it an' though nothing there is fine | L |
| I shall want to look it over when I'm old an' call it mine | L |
| An' I do not dare to leave it while the paint is warm an' wet | M |
| With a single thing upon it that I'll later on regret | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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