Sequel To Grandfather's Clock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHF IFGHF JKLKMFGHF NKOKPFGHF QRSRFFGHF| Once again have I roamed thro' the old fashioned house | A |
| Where my grandfather spent his ninety years | B |
| There are strangers in charge and the change they have wrought | C |
| Oh it saddens me even to tears | D |
| Dear old clock when they found you were speechless from grief | E |
| Then they went and swapped you off case and all | F |
| For that vain stuck up thing | G |
| tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick | H |
| For that vain stuck up thing on the wall | F |
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| Grandfather sleeps in his grave | I |
| Strange steps resound in the hall | F |
| And there's that vain stuck up thing | G |
| tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick | H |
| There's that vain stuck up thing on the wall | F |
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| While we talked of the old clock they all ran it down | J |
| Tho' they claimed that it couldn't be made to run | K |
| It was useless they said it was quite out of style | L |
| Built no doubt just about the year One | K |
| And the words echoed round with a faint mocking sound | M |
| As if some one gave assent to it all | F |
| 'Twas that vain stuck up thing | G |
| tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick | H |
| 'Twas that vain stuck up thing on the wall | F |
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| From the clock peddler's cart in the junk shop it went | N |
| Where its cog wheels were sundered one be one | K |
| And the brass founder joked as they writhed in the flames | O |
| Melt'em up says he then they will run | K |
| There is grief in my heart there are tears in my eyes | P |
| Yet indignantly the sight I recall | F |
| Of that vain stuck up thing | G |
| tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick | H |
| For that vain stuck up thing on the wall | F |
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| An extremely hard case said the junk dealer's wife | Q |
| As she carried it for kindling wood and sighed | R |
| That mahogany case with its quaint figured face | S |
| Which so long was my grandfather's pride | R |
| There is hope for the small there's a change for us all | F |
| For the mighty ones of Time they must fall | F |
| Says that vain stuck up thing | G |
| tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick | H |
| Says that vain stuck up thing on the wall | F |
Henry Clay Work
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