The Ancient Printman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DADAEA FG GHG AIAIA JAJ KA| 'O Printerman of sallow face | A |
| And look of absent guile | B |
| Is it the 'copy' on your 'case' | A |
| That causes you to smile | B |
| Or is it some old treasure scrap | C |
| You cull from Memory's file | B |
| - | |
| 'I fain would guess its mystery | D |
| For often I can trace | A |
| A fellow dreamer's history | D |
| Whene'er it haunts the face | A |
| Your fancy's running riot | E |
| In a retrospective race | A |
| - | |
| 'Ah Printerman you're straying | F |
| Afar from 'stick' and type | G |
| Your heart has 'gone a maying ' | - |
| And you taste old kisses ripe | G |
| Again on lips that pucker | H |
| At your old asthmatic pipe | G |
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| 'You are dreaming of old pleasures | A |
| That have faded from your view | I |
| And the music burdened measures | A |
| Of the laughs you listen to | I |
| Are now but angel echoes | A |
| O have I spoken true ' | - |
| - | |
| The ancient Printer hinted | J |
| With a motion full of grace | A |
| To where the words were printed | J |
| On a card above his 'case ' | - |
| 'I am deaf and dumb ' I left him | K |
| With a smile upon his face | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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