When Mother's Sewing Buttons On Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFG HHIIJJKKCC LLMMNNDDCC FFC OOFFAA| When mother's sewing buttons on | A |
| Their little garments one by one | B |
| I settle down contented there | C |
| And watch her in her rocking chair | C |
| She's at the task she likes the best | D |
| Each little waist and undervest | D |
| She fondles in a mother's way | E |
| And notes each sign of sturdy play | E |
| And shakes her head and says to me | F |
| 'I wonder how this came to be ' | G |
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| There's something in her patient eyes | H |
| As in and out her needle flies | H |
| Which seems to tell the joy she takes | I |
| In every little stitch she makes | I |
| An hour of peace has settled down | J |
| Hushed is the clamor of the town | J |
| And even I am different then | K |
| For I forsake the ways of men | K |
| And see about the garments there | C |
| Bright visions of a happy pair | C |
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| Buttons are closely linked to joy | L |
| Each little girl and little boy | L |
| Who dares to climb the garden fence | M |
| Buys that delight at their expense | M |
| Buttons are childhood's tattle tales | N |
| Swifter than telegrams or mails | N |
| They fly to tell of moments glad | D |
| That little boys and girls have had | D |
| And mother reads the stories there | C |
| From every vacant space and tear | C |
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| She sweetly smiles and says to me | F |
| 'How sturdy they have grown to be | F |
| It keeps me busy to repair | C |
| The shirts and things they have to wear ' | - |
| I chuckle as I watch her sew | O |
| For joy has set the room aglow | O |
| And in the picture I can see | F |
| The strength which means so much to me | F |
| The scene is good to look upon | A |
| When mother's sewing buttons on | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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