Old John Henry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCCCB DBDDBEEEB FBFFBBBBB| Old John's jes' made o' the commonest stuff | A |
| Old John Henry | B |
| He's tough I reckon but none too tough | A |
| Too tough though's better than not enough | A |
| Says old John Henry | B |
| He does his best and when his best's bad | C |
| He don't fret none ner he don't git sad | C |
| He simply 'lows it's the best he had | C |
| Old John Henry | B |
| - | |
| His doctern's jes' o' the plainest brand | D |
| Old John Henry | B |
| A smilin' face and a hearty hand | D |
| 'S religen 'at all folks understand | D |
| Says old John Henry | B |
| He's stove up some with the rhumatiz | E |
| And they hain't no shine on them shoes o' his | E |
| And his hair hain't cut but his eye teeth is | E |
| Old John Henry | B |
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| He feeds hisse'f when the stock's all fed | F |
| Old John Henry | B |
| And sleeps like a babe when he goes to bed | F |
| And dreams o' Heaven and home made bread | F |
| Says old John Henry | B |
| He hain't refined as he'd ort to be | B |
| To fit the statutes o' poetry | B |
| Ner his clothes don't fit him but he fits me | B |
| Old John Henry | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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