Old Chums Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBCDEFDGF| If I die first my old chum paused to say | A |
| Mind not a whimper of regret instead | B |
| Laugh and be glad as I shall Being dead | B |
| I shall not lodge so very far away | A |
| But that our mirth shall mingle So the day | A |
| The word comes joy with me I'll try I said | B |
| Though even speaking sighed and shook my head | B |
| And turned with misted eyes His roundelay | C |
| Rang gaily on the stair and then the door | D |
| Opened and closed Yet something of the clear | E |
| Hale hope and force of wholesome faith he had | F |
| Abided with me strengthened more and more | D |
| Then then they brought his broken body here | G |
| And I laughed whisperingly and we were glad | F |
James Whitcomb Riley
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