My Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GHIIJKL| 'He is my friend ' I said | A |
| 'Be patient ' Overhead | A |
| The skies were drear and dim | B |
| And lo the thought of him | B |
| Smited on my heart and then | C |
| The sun shone out again | C |
| - | |
| 'He is my friend ' The words | D |
| Brought summer and the birds | D |
| And all my winter time | E |
| Thawed into running rhyme | E |
| And rippled into song | F |
| Warm tender brave and strong | F |
| - | |
| And so it sings to day | G |
| So may it sing alway | H |
| Though waving grasses grow | I |
| Between and lilies blow | I |
| Their trills of perfume clear | J |
| As laughter to the ear | K |
| Let each mute measure end | L |
| With 'Still he is thy friend ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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