Little Boy Blue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGCGC HIHICDCD| The little toy dog is covered with dust | A |
| But sturdy and stanch he stands | B |
| And the little toy soldier is red with rust | A |
| And his musket molds in his hands | B |
| Time was when the little toy dog was new | C |
| And the soldier was passing fair | D |
| And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue | C |
| Kissed them and put them there | D |
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| Now don't you go till I come he said | E |
| And don't you make any noise | F |
| So toddling off to his trundle bed | E |
| He dreamed of the pretty toys | F |
| And as he was dreaming an angel song | G |
| Awakened our Little Boy Blue | C |
| Oh the years are many the years are long | G |
| But the little toy friends are true | C |
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| Ay faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand | H |
| Each in the same old place | I |
| Awaiting the touch of a little hand | H |
| The smile of a little face | I |
| And they wonder as waiting these long years through | C |
| In the dust of that little chair | D |
| What has become of our Little Boy Blue | C |
| Since he kissed them and put them there | D |
Eugene Field
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Annie Zimbardi: At 90 years old these lyrics still bring the same pathos they brought when I first sang this song at 10 years of age. Now I know who wrote them
THANK YOU.
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