The Yellow-covered Almanac Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF DGDGHH AIJIDK GLGLFF| I left the farm when mother died and changed my place of dwelling | A |
| To daughter Susie s stylish house right on the city street | B |
| And there was them before I came that sort of scared me telling | A |
| How I would find the town folks ways so difficult to meet | B |
| They said I d have no comfort in the rustling fixed up throng | C |
| And I d have to wear stiff collars every weekday right along | C |
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| I find I take to city ways just like a duck to water | D |
| I like the racket and the noise and never tire of shows | E |
| And there s no end of comfort in the mansion of my daughter | D |
| And everything is right at hand and money freely flows | E |
| And hired help is all about just listenin to my call | F |
| But I miss the yellow almanac off my old kitchen wall | F |
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| The house is full of calendars from the attic to the cellar | D |
| They re painted in all colours and are fancy like to see | G |
| But in this one in particular I m not a modern feller | D |
| And the yellow covered almanac is good enough for me | G |
| I m used to it I ve seen it round from boyhood to old age | H |
| And I rather like the jokin at the bottom of the page | H |
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| I like the way its S stood out to show the week s beginning | A |
| In these new fangled calendars the days seem sort of mixed | I |
| And the man upon the cover though he wa n t exactly winnin | J |
| With lungs and liver all exposed still showed how we are fixed | I |
| And the letters and credentials hat was writ to Mr Ayer | D |
| I ve often on a rainy day found readin pretty fair | K |
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| I tried to buy one recently there wa n t none in the city | G |
| They toted out great calendars in every shape and style | L |
| I looked at them in cold disdain and answered em in pity | G |
| I d rather have my almanac than all that costly pile | L |
| And though I take to city life I m lonesome after all | F |
| For that old yellow almanac upon my kitchen wall | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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