His Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DEDF AGAG| DEAD my wayward boy my own | A |
| Not the Law's but mine the good | B |
| God's free gift to me alone | A |
| Sanctified by motherhood | B |
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| 'Bad ' you say Well who is not | C |
| 'Brutal' 'with a heart of stone' | A |
| And 'red handed ' Ah the hot | C |
| Blood upon your own | A |
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| I come not with downward eyes | D |
| To plead for him shamedly | E |
| God did not apologize | D |
| When He gave the boy to me | F |
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| Simply I make ready now | A |
| For His verdict You prepare | G |
| You have killed us both and how | A |
| Will you face us There | G |
James Whitcomb Riley
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