Winding The Clock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH| When I was but a little lad my old Grandfather said | A |
| That none should wind the clock but he and so at time for bed | A |
| He'd fumble for the curious key kept high upon the shelf | B |
| And set aside that little task entirely for himself | B |
| In time Grandfather passed away and so that duty fell | C |
| Unto my Father who performed the weekly custom well | C |
| He held that clocks were not to be by careless persons wound | D |
| And he alone should turn the key or move the hands around | D |
| I envied him that little task and wished that I might be | E |
| The one to be entrusted with the turning of the key | E |
| But year by year the clock was his exclusive bit of care | F |
| Until the day the angels came and smoothed his silver hair | F |
| To day the task is mine to do like those who've gone before | G |
| I am a jealous guardian of that round and glassy door | G |
| And 'til at my chamber door God's messenger shall knock | H |
| To me alone shall be reserved the right to wind the clock | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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