My Father-in-law And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AFAFGDED ABABFDED| MY father in law is a careworn man | A |
| And a silent man is he | B |
| But he summons a smile as well as he can | A |
| Whenever he meets with me | B |
| The sign we make with a silent shake | C |
| That speaks of the days gone by | D |
| Like men who meet at a funeral | E |
| My father in law and I | D |
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| My father in law is a sober man | A |
| And a virtuous man I think | F |
| But we spare a shilling whenever we can | A |
| And we both drop in for a drink | F |
| Our pints they fill and we say Ah well | G |
| With the sound of the world old sigh | D |
| Like the drink that comes after a funeral | E |
| My father in law and I | D |
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| My father in law is a kindly man | A |
| A domestic man is he | B |
| He tries to look cheerful as well as he can | A |
| Whenever he meets with me | B |
| But we stand and think till the second drink | F |
| In a silence that might imply | D |
| That we d both get over a funeral | E |
| My father in law and I | D |
Henry Lawson
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