Too Big A Price Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MAM NON| 'They say my boy is bad ' she said to me | A |
| A tired old woman thin and very frail | B |
| 'They caught him robbing railroad cars an' he | A |
| Must spend from five to seven years in jail | B |
| His Pa an' I had hoped so much for him | C |
| He was so pretty as a little boy ' | D |
| Her eyes with tears grew very wet an' dim | C |
| 'Now nothing that we've got can give us joy ' | D |
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| 'What is it that you own ' I questioned then | E |
| 'The house we live in ' slowly she replied | F |
| 'Two other houses worked an' slaved for when | E |
| The boy was but a youngster at my side | F |
| Some bonds we took the time he went to war | G |
| I've spent my strength against the want of age | H |
| We've always had some end to struggle for | G |
| Now shame an' ruin smear the final page | H |
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| 'His Pa has been a steady goin' man | I |
| Worked day an' night an' overtime as well | J |
| He's lived an' dreamed an' sweated to his plan | I |
| To own the house an' profit should we sell | J |
| He never drank nor played much cards at night | K |
| He's been a worker since our wedding day | L |
| He's lived his life to what he knows is right | K |
| An' why should son of his now go astray | L |
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| 'I've rubbed my years away on scrubbing boards | M |
| Washed floors for women that owned less than we | A |
| An' while they played the ladies an' the lords | M |
| We smiled an' dreamed of happiness to be ' | - |
| 'And all this time where was the boy ' said I | N |
| 'Out somewhere playin' ' Like a rifle shot | O |
| The thought went home 'My God ' she gave a cry | N |
| 'We paid too big a price for what we got ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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