Where's Mamma? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB D D EEF G G HHH I I CCC| Comes in flying from the street | A |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | B |
| Friend or stranger thus he'll greet | A |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | B |
| Doesn't want to say hello | C |
| Home from school or play he'll go | C |
| Straight to what he wants to know | C |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | B |
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| Many times a day he'll shout | D |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| Seems afraid that she's gone out | D |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| Is his first thought at the door | E |
| She's the one he's looking for | E |
| And he questions o'er and o'er | F |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
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| Can't be happy till he knows | G |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| So he begs us to disclose | G |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| And it often seems to me | H |
| As I hear his anxious plea | H |
| That no sweeter phrase can be | H |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
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| Like to hear it day by day | I |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| Loveliest phrase that lips can say | I |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
| And I pray as time shall flow | C |
| And the long years come and go | C |
| That he'll always want to know | C |
| 'Where's Mamma ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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