Vacation Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGCCHHII JKLLMMNN GGOOPPGGQQGGFF| Vacation time How glad it seemed | A |
| When as a boy I sat and dreamed | A |
| Above my school books of the fun | B |
| That I should claim when toil was done | B |
| And Oh how oft my youthful eye | C |
| Went wandering with the patch of sky | C |
| That drifted by the window panes | D |
| O'er pleasant fields and dusty lanes | D |
| Where I would race and romp and shout | E |
| The very moment school was out | E |
| My artful little fingers then | F |
| Feigned labor with the ink and pen | F |
| But heart and mind were far away | G |
| Engaged in some glad bit of play | G |
| The last two weeks dragged slowly by | C |
| Time hadn't then learned how to fly | C |
| It seemed the clock upon the wall | H |
| From hour to hour could only crawl | H |
| And when the teacher called my name | I |
| Unto my cheeks the crimson came | I |
| For I could give no answer clear | J |
| To questions that I didn't hear | K |
| 'Wool gathering were you ' oft she said | L |
| And smiled to see me blushing red | L |
| Her voice had roused me from a dream | M |
| Where I was fishing in a stream | M |
| And if I now recall it right | N |
| Just at the time I had a bite | N |
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| And now my youngsters dream of play | G |
| In just the very selfsame way | G |
| And they complain that time is slow | O |
| And that the term will never go | O |
| Their little minds with plans are filled | P |
| For joyous hours they soon will build | P |
| And it is vain for me to say | G |
| That have grown old and wise and gray | G |
| That time is swift and joy is brief | Q |
| They'll put no faith in such belief | Q |
| To youthful hearts that long for play | G |
| Time is a laggard on the way | G |
| 'Twas Oh so slow to me back then | F |
| Ere I had learned the ways of men | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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