Little Charlie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGHGIJKJ LGDGMNON DCPCQNDN JRORFCDCA violet grew by the river side | A |
And gladdened all hearts with its bloom | B |
While over the fields on the scented air | C |
It breathed a rich perfume | B |
But the clouds grew dark in the angry sky | D |
And its portals were opened wide | A |
And the heavy rain beat down the flower | E |
That grew by the river side | A |
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Not far away in a pleasant home | F |
There lived a little boy | G |
Whose cheerful face and childish grace | H |
Filled every heart with joy | G |
He wandered one day to the river's verge | I |
With no one near to save | J |
And the heart that we loved with a boundless love | K |
Was stilled in the restless wave | J |
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The sky grew dark to our tearful eyes | L |
And we bade farewell to joy | G |
For our hearts were bound by a sorrowful tie | D |
To the grave of the little boy | G |
The birds still sing in the leafy tree | M |
That shadows the open door | N |
We heed them not for we think of the voice | O |
That we shall hear no more | N |
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We think of him at eventide | D |
And gaze on his vacant chair | C |
With a longing heart that will scarce believe | P |
That Charlie is not there | C |
We seem to hear his ringing laugh | Q |
And his bounding step at the door | N |
But alas there comes the sorrowful thought | D |
We shall never hear them more | N |
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We shall walk sometimes to his little grave | J |
In the pleasant summer hours | R |
We will speak his name in a softened voice | O |
And cover his grave with flowers | R |
We will think of him in his heavenly home | F |
In his heavenly home so fair | C |
And we will trust with a hopeful trust | D |
That we shall meet him there | C |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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