The Katydids Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCC DDDEEE FFFGG HH IJI| Sometimes I keep | A |
| From going to sleep | A |
| To hear the katydids 'cheep cheep ' | B |
| And think they say | C |
| Their prayers that way | C |
| But katydids don't have to pray | C |
| - | |
| I listen when | D |
| They cheep again | D |
| And so I think they're singing then | D |
| But no I'm wrong | E |
| The sound's too long | E |
| And all alike to be a song | E |
| - | |
| I think 'Well there | F |
| I do declare | F |
| If it is neither song nor prayer | F |
| It's talk and quite | G |
| Too vain and light | G |
| For me to listen to all night ' | - |
| - | |
| And so I smile | H |
| And think 'Now I'll | H |
| Not listen for a little while ' | - |
| Then sweet and clear | I |
| Next ' cheep ' I hear | J |
| 'S a kiss Good morning Mommy dear | I |
James Whitcomb Riley
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