A Freckle-faced Boy. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCC A DDDCC A EEECC F GHHCC F IIICC| I | A |
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| I'm just in my glory when the cat I can tease | B |
| Or I'm hunting for bird nests up in the trees | B |
| And I wear out my pants in the seat and the knees | B |
| I'm the pride of my daddy my mammy's own joy | C |
| A frolicsome rollicksome freckle faced boy | C |
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| II | A |
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| I can make a top hum and at marbles you bet | D |
| I'm the cock of the walk and the king of the set | D |
| I'm hearty and healthy and don't you forget | D |
| The dead loads of goodies that I can destroy | C |
| I'm a frolicsome rollicksome freckle faced boy | C |
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| III | A |
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| They send me to school with my satchel and books | E |
| And my pockets bulged out with nails and fish hooks | E |
| And sometimes while there my teacher she looks | E |
| And captures the things that provoke and annoy | C |
| From a frolicsome rollicksome freckle faced boy | C |
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| IV | F |
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| My mammy she says that it's quite evident | G |
| Of the country some day I'll be President | H |
| But auntie she says from the way I am bent | H |
| The gold of her dream will be full of alloy | C |
| From a frolicsome rollicksome freckle faced boy | C |
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| V | F |
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| I'm huntin' for fun and I don't have a care | I |
| And there's dirt on my hands and I don't comb my hair | I |
| And off colored patches quite often I wear | I |
| But there's no kind of sport the young heart can cloy | C |
| Of a frolicsome rollicksome freckle faced boy | C |
George W. Doneghy
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