The Dead Joke And The Funny Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBCCC EB ACFCGCCCCHIB| Long years ago a funny man | A |
| Flushed with a strange delight | B |
| Sat down and wrote a funny thing | C |
| All in the solemn night | B |
| And as he wrote he clapped his hands | D |
| And laughed with all his might | B |
| For it was such a funny thing | C |
| O such a very funny thing | C |
| This wonderfully funny thing | C |
| He | - |
| Laughed | E |
| Outright | B |
| - | |
| And so it was this funny man | A |
| Printed this funny thing | C |
| Forgot it too nor ever thought | F |
| It worth remembering | C |
| Till but a day or two ago | G |
| Ah what may changes bring | C |
| He found this selfsame funny thing | C |
| In an exchange O funny thing | C |
| He cried You dear old funny thing | C |
| And | H |
| Sobbed | I |
| Outright | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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