When Pa Counts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFG HHIIC| Pa's not so very big or brave he can't lift weights like Uncle Jim | A |
| His hands are soft like little girls' most anyone could wallop him | A |
| Ma weighs a whole lot more than Pa When they go swimming she could stay | B |
| Out in the river all day long but Pa gets frozen right away | B |
| But when the thunder starts to roll an' lightnin' spits Ma says ' Oh dear | C |
| I'm sure we'll all of us be killed I only wish your Pa was here ' | D |
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| Pa's cheeks are thin an' kinder pale he couldn't rough it worth a cent | E |
| He couldn't stand the hike we had the day the Boy Scouts camping went | E |
| He has to hire a man to dig the garden coz his back gets lame | F |
| An' he'd be crippled for a week if he should play a baseball game | F |
| But when a thunder storm comes up Ma sits an' shivers in the gloam | G |
| An' every time the thunder rolls she says ' I wish your Pa was home ' | - |
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| I don't know just what Pa could do if he were home he seems so frail | H |
| But every time the skies grow black I notice Ma gets rather pale | H |
| An' when she's called us children in an' locked the windows an' the doors | I |
| She jumps at every lightnin' flash an' trembles when the thunder roars | I |
| An' when the baby starts to cry she wrings her hands an' says 'Oh dear | C |
| It's terrible It's terrible I only wish your Pa was here ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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