The Things They Musn't Touch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFBBGGHHFFBC| Been down to the art museum an' looked at a thousand things | A |
| The bodies of ancient mummies an' the treasures of ancient kings | A |
| An' some of the walls were lovely but some of the things weren't much | B |
| But all had a rail around 'em an' all wore a sign 'Don't touch ' | C |
| Now maybe an art museum needs guards and a warning sign | D |
| An' the hands of the folks should never paw over its treasures fine | D |
| But I noticed the rooms were chilly with all the joys they hold | E |
| An' in spite of the lovely pictures I'd say that the place is cold | E |
| An' somehow I got to thinkin' of many a home I know | F |
| Which is kept like an art museum an' merely a place for show | F |
| They haven't railed off their treasures or posted up signs or such | B |
| But all of the children know it there's a lot that they mustn't touch | B |
| It's hands off the grand piano keep out of the finest chair | G |
| Stay out of the stylish parlor don't run on the shiny stair | G |
| You may look at the velvet curtains which hang in the stately hall | H |
| But always and ever remember they're not to be touched at all | H |
| 'Don't touch ' for an art museum is proper enough I know | F |
| But my children's feet shall scamper wherever they want to go | F |
| And I want no rare possessions or a joy which has cost so much | B |
| From which I must bar the children and tell them they 'mustn't touch ' | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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