Fool-youngens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBB CCBBBB DDBBBB EEAAAB EEFFFB| Me an' Bert an' Minnie Belle | A |
| Knows a joke an' we won't tell | A |
| No we don't 'cause we don't know | B |
| Why we got to laughin' so | B |
| But we got to laughin' so | B |
| 'We ist kep' a laughin' | B |
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| Wind wuz blowin' in the tree | C |
| An' wuz only ist us three | C |
| Playin' there an' ever' one | B |
| Ketched each other like we done | B |
| Squintin' up there at the sun | B |
| Like we wuz a laughin' | B |
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| Nothin' funny anyway | D |
| But I laughed an' so did they | D |
| An' we all three laughed an' nen | B |
| Squint' our eyes an' laugh' again | B |
| Ner we didn't ist p'ten' | B |
| We wuz shore 'nough laughin' | B |
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| 'We ist laugh' an' laugh' tel Bert | E |
| Say he can't quit an' it hurt | E |
| Nen I howl an' Minnie Belle | A |
| She tear up the grass a spell | A |
| An' ist stop her yeers an' yell | A |
| Like she'd die a laughin' | B |
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| Never sich fool youngens yit | E |
| Nothin' funny not a bit | E |
| But we laugh' so tel we whoop' | F |
| Purt' nigh like we have the croup | F |
| All so hoarse we'd wheeze an' whoop | F |
| An' ist choke a laughin' | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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