The Boy Lives On Our Farm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJKLMLM| The boy lives on our Farm he's not | A |
| Afeard o' horses none | B |
| An' he can make 'em lope er trot | A |
| Er rack er pace er run | B |
| Sometimes he drives two horses when | C |
| He comes to town an' brings | D |
| A wagon full o' 'taters nen | C |
| An' roastin' ears an' things | D |
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| Two horses is 'a team ' he says | E |
| An' when you drive er hitch | F |
| The right un's a 'near horse ' I guess | G |
| Er 'off' I don't know which | F |
| The Boy lives on our Farm he told | H |
| Me too 'at he can see | I |
| By lookin' at their teeth how old | H |
| A horse is to a T | I |
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| I'd be the gladdest boy alive | J |
| Ef I knowed much as that | K |
| An' could stand up like him an' drive | J |
| An' ist push back my hat | K |
| Like he comes skallyhootin' through | L |
| Our alley with one arm | M |
| A wavin' Fare ye well to you | L |
| The Boy lives on our Farm | M |
James Whitcomb Riley
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