Little Orphant Annie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEEFGD HHIIJJDEEFGD KKLLMMDEEFGD ENAAOLDEEFGD| Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay | A |
| An' wash the cups an' saucers up an' brush the crumbs away | A |
| An' shoo the chickens off the porch an' dust the hearth an' sweep | B |
| An' make the fire an' bake the bread an' earn her board an' keep | B |
| An' all us other childern when the supper things is done | C |
| We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun | C |
| A list'nin' to the witch tales 'at Annie tells about | D |
| An' the Gobble uns 'at gits you | E |
| Ef you | E |
| Don't | F |
| Watch | G |
| Out | D |
| - | |
| Wunst they wuz a little boy wouldn't say his prayers | H |
| An' when he went to bed at night away upstairs | H |
| His Mammy heerd him holler an' his Daddy heerd him bawl | I |
| An' when they turn't the kivvers down he wuzn't there at all | I |
| An' they seeked him in the rafter room an' cubby hole an' press | J |
| An' seeked him up the chimbly flue an' ever' wheres I guess | J |
| But all they ever found wuz thist his pants an' roundabout | D |
| An' the Gobble uns 'll git you | E |
| Ef you | E |
| Don't | F |
| Watch | G |
| Out | D |
| - | |
| An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin | K |
| An' make fun of ever' one an' all her blood an' kin | K |
| An' wunst when they was company an' ole folks wuz there | L |
| She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em an' said she didn't care | L |
| An' thist as she kicked her heels an' turn't to run an' hide | M |
| They wuz two great big Black Things a standin' by her side | M |
| An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about | D |
| An' the Gobble uns 'll git you | E |
| Ef you | E |
| Don't | F |
| Watch | G |
| Out | D |
| - | |
| An' little Orphant Annie says when the blaze is blue | E |
| An' the lamp wick sputters an' the wind goes woo oo | N |
| An' you hear the crickets quit an' the moon is gray | A |
| An' the lightnin' bugs in dew is all squenched away | A |
| You better mind yer parunts an' yer teachurs fond an' dear | O |
| An' churish them 'at loves you an' dry the orphant's tear | L |
| An' help the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters all about | D |
| Er the Gobble uns'll git you | E |
| Ef you | E |
| Don't | F |
| Watch | G |
| Out | D |
James Whitcomb Riley
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Pamela Briggs: I was just writing a short article about my father and remembered he used to recite this poem to me when I was a child. I'd ask to hear it over and over even though it frightened me - I guess that's why I liked it. Mr. Riley must have understood this in children.
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