John Mckeen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEFDE BGBBG BHBBH IJIKJ LMLLM NONNO BPBBQ BGBBGJohn McKeen in his rusty dress | A |
His loosened collar and swarthy throat | B |
His face unshaven and none the less | A |
His hearty laugh and his wholesomeness | C |
And the wealth of a workman's vote | B |
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Bring him O Memory here once more | D |
And tilt him back in his Windsor chair | E |
By the kitchen stove when the day is o'er | F |
And the light of the hearth is across the floor | D |
And the crickets everywhere | E |
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And let their voices be gladly blent | B |
With a watery jingle of pans and spoons | G |
And a motherly chirrup of sweet content | B |
And neighborly gossip and merriment | B |
And old time fiddle tunes | G |
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Tick the clock with a wooden sound | B |
And fill the hearing with childish glee | H |
Of rhyming riddle or story found | B |
In the Robinson Crusoe leather bound | B |
Old book of the Used to be | H |
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John McKeen of the Past Ah John | I |
To have grown ambitious in worldly ways | J |
To have rolled your shirt sleeves down to don | I |
A broadcloth suit and forgetful gone | K |
Out on election days | J |
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John ah John Did it prove your worth | L |
To yield you the office you still maintain | M |
To fill your pockets but leave the dearth | L |
Of all the happier things on earth | L |
To the hunger of heart and brain | M |
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Under the dusk of your villa trees | N |
Edging the drives where your blooded span | O |
Paw the pebbles and wait your ease | N |
Where are the children about your knees | N |
And the mirth and the happy man | O |
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The blinds of your mansion are battened to | B |
Your faded wife is a close recluse | P |
And your 'finished' daughters will doubtless do | B |
Dutifully all that is willed of you | B |
And marry as you shall choose | Q |
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But O for the old home voices blent | B |
With the watery jingle of pans and spoons | G |
And the motherly chirrup of glad content | B |
And neighborly gossip and merriment | B |
And the old time fiddle tunes | G |
James Whitcomb Riley
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