Unchangeable Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGGHAIJDDKK LLDDABEEMMDD| Mothers never change I guess | A |
| In their tender thoughtfulness | B |
| Makes no difference that you grow | C |
| Up to forty years or so | C |
| Once you cough you'll find that she | D |
| Sees you as you used to be | D |
| An' she wants to tell to you | E |
| All the things that you must do | E |
| Just show symptoms of a cold | F |
| She'll forget that you've grown old | F |
| Though there's silver in your hair | G |
| Still you need a mother's care | G |
| An' she'll ask you things like these | H |
| 'You still wearing b v d 's | A |
| Summer days have long since gone | I |
| You should have your flannels on ' | J |
| Grown and married an' maybe | D |
| Father of a family | D |
| But to mother you are still | K |
| Just her boy when you are ill | K |
| Just the lad that used to need | L |
| Plasters made of mustard seed | L |
| An' she thinks she has to see | D |
| That you get your flaxseed tea | D |
| Mothers never change I guess | A |
| In their tender thoughtfulness | B |
| All her gentle long life through | E |
| She is bent on nursing you | E |
| An' although you may be grown | M |
| She still claims you for her own | M |
| An' to her you'll always be | D |
| Just a youngster at her knee | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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