Long Ago Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIGDGD JGJGCDCD| I once knew all the birds that came | A |
| And nested in our orchard trees | B |
| For every flower I had a name | A |
| My friends were woodchucks toads and bees | B |
| I knew where thrived in yonder glen | C |
| What plants would soothe a stone bruised toe | D |
| Oh I was very learned then | C |
| But that was very long ago | D |
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| I knew the spot upon the hill | E |
| Where checkerberries could be found | F |
| I knew the rushes near the mill | E |
| Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound | F |
| I knew the wood the very tree | G |
| Where lived the poaching saucy crow | D |
| And all the woods and crows knew me | G |
| But that was very long ago | D |
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| And pining for the joys of youth | H |
| I tread the old familiar spot | I |
| Only to learn this solemn truth | H |
| I have forgotten am forgot | I |
| Yet here's this youngster at my knee | G |
| Knows all the things I used to know | D |
| To think I once was wise as he | G |
| But that was very long ago | D |
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| I know it's folly to complain | J |
| Of whatsoe'er the Fates decree | G |
| Yet were not wishes all in vain | J |
| I tell you what my wish should be | G |
| I'd wish to be a boy again | C |
| Back with the friends I used to know | D |
| For I was oh so happy then | C |
| But that was very long ago | D |
Eugene Field
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