John Mckeen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEFDE BGBBG BHBBH IJIKJ LMLLM NONNO BPBBQ BGBBG

John McKeen in his rusty dressA
His loosened collar and swarthy throatB
His face unshaven and none the lessA
His hearty laugh and his wholesomenessC
And the wealth of a workman's voteB
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Bring him O Memory here once moreD
And tilt him back in his Windsor chairE
By the kitchen stove when the day is o'erF
And the light of the hearth is across the floorD
And the crickets everywhereE
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And let their voices be gladly blentB
With a watery jingle of pans and spoonsG
And a motherly chirrup of sweet contentB
And neighborly gossip and merrimentB
And old time fiddle tunesG
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Tick the clock with a wooden soundB
And fill the hearing with childish gleeH
Of rhyming riddle or story foundB
In the Robinson Crusoe leather boundB
Old book of the Used to beH
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John McKeen of the Past Ah JohnI
To have grown ambitious in worldly waysJ
To have rolled your shirt sleeves down to donI
A broadcloth suit and forgetful goneK
Out on election daysJ
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John ah John Did it prove your worthL
To yield you the office you still maintainM
To fill your pockets but leave the dearthL
Of all the happier things on earthL
To the hunger of heart and brainM
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Under the dusk of your villa treesN
Edging the drives where your blooded spanO
Paw the pebbles and wait your easeN
Where are the children about your kneesN
And the mirth and the happy manO
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The blinds of your mansion are battened toB
Your faded wife is a close recluseP
And your 'finished' daughters will doubtless doB
Dutifully all that is willed of youB
And marry as you shall chooseQ
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But O for the old home voices blentB
With the watery jingle of pans and spoonsG
And the motherly chirrup of glad contentB
And neighborly gossip and merrimentB
And the old time fiddle tunesG

James Whitcomb Riley



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