The Little Coat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDAAEEFFAAAD GGHHHHAA IIJJK LLMMJJAAFFAANNFF

Here's his ragged 'roundabout'A
Turn the pockets inside outA
See his pen knife lost to useB
Rusted shut with apple juiceB
Here with marbles top and stringC
Is his deadly 'devil sling 'D
With its rubber limp at lastA
As the sparrows of the pastA
Beeswax buckles leather strapsE
Bullets and a box of capsE
Not a thing of all I guessF
But betrays some waywardnessF
E'en these tickets blue and redA
For the Bible verses saidA
Such as this his mem'ry keptA
'Jesus wept 'D
-
Here's a fishing hook and lineG
Tangled up with wire and twineG
And dead angle worms and someH
Slugs of lead and chewing gumH
Blent with scents that can but comeH
From the oil of rhodiumH
Here a soiled yet dainty noteA
That some little sweetheart wroteA
Dotting 'Vine grows round the stump '-
And 'My sweetest sugar lump '-
Wrapped in this a padlock keyI
Where he's filed a touch hole seeI
And some powder in a quillJ
Corked up with a liver pillJ
And a spongy little chunkK
Of 'punk '-
-
Here's the little coat but OL
Where is he we've censured soL
Don't you hear us calling dearM
Back come back and never fearM
You may wander where you willJ
Over orchard field and hillJ
You may kill the birds or doA
Anything that pleases youA
Ah this empty coat of hisF
Every tatter worth a kissF
Every stain as pure insteadA
As the white stars overheadA
And the pockets homes were theyN
Of the little hands that playN
Now no more but absent thusF
Beckon usF

James Whitcomb Riley



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