Those Two Boys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JBKB LLMM| WHEN Bill was a lad he was terribly bad | A |
| He worried his parents a lot | B |
| He'd lie and he'd swear and pull little girls' hair | C |
| His boyhood was naught but a blot | B |
| - | |
| At play and in school he would fracture each rule | D |
| In mischief from autumn to spring | E |
| And the villagers knew when to manhood he grew | F |
| He would never amount to a thing | E |
| - | |
| When Jim was a child he was not very wild | G |
| He was known as a good little boy | H |
| He was honest and bright and the teacher's delight | I |
| To his mother and father a joy | H |
| - | |
| All the neighbors were sure that his virtue'd endure | J |
| That his life would be free of a spot | B |
| They were certain that Jim had a great head on him | K |
| And that Jim would amount to a lot | B |
| - | |
| And Jim grew to manhood and honor and fame | L |
| And bears a good name | L |
| While Bill is shut up in a dark prison cell | M |
| You never can tell | M |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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