Toys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDED FGHGIJHJ KALAMDND BOKOCDPD| trace of a sigh | A |
| The things on a shelf that I'd like for myself | B |
| I never regret I can't buy | A |
| I can go through the town passing store after store | C |
| Showing things it would please me to own | D |
| With never a trace of despair on my face | E |
| But I can't let a toy shop alone | D |
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| I can throttle the love of fine raiment to death | F |
| And I don't know the craving for rum | G |
| But I do know the joy that is born of a toy | H |
| And the pleasure that comes with a drum | G |
| I can reckon the value of money at times | I |
| And govern my purse strings with sense | J |
| But I fall for a toy for my girl or my boy | H |
| And never regard the expense | J |
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| It's seldom I sigh for unlimited gold | K |
| Or the power of a rich man to buy | A |
| My courage is stout when the doing without | L |
| Is only my duty but I | A |
| Curse the shackles of thrift when I gaze at the toys | M |
| That my kiddies are eager to own | D |
| And I'd buy everything that they wish for by Jing | N |
| If their mother would let me alone | D |
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| There isn't much fun spending coin on myself | B |
| For neckties and up to date lids | O |
| But there's pleasure tenfold in the silver and gold | K |
| I part with for things for the kids | O |
| I can go through the town passing store after store | C |
| Showing things it would please me to own | D |
| But to thrift I am lost I won't reckon the cost | P |
| When I'm left in a toy shop alone | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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