The Little Old Poem That Nobody Reads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCAA ADADEEAA AFAFGGAA| The little old poem that nobody reads | A |
| Blooms in a crowded space | B |
| Like a ground vine blossom so low in the weeds | A |
| That nobody sees its face | B |
| Unless perchance the reader's eye | C |
| Stares through a yawn and hurries by | C |
| For no one wants or loves or heeds | A |
| The little old poem that nobody reads | A |
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| The little old poem that nobody reads | A |
| Was written where and when | D |
| Maybe a hand of goodly deeds | A |
| Thrilled as it held the pen | D |
| Maybe the fountain whence it came | E |
| Was a heart brimmed o'er with tears of shame | E |
| And maybe its creed is the worst of creeds | A |
| The little old poem that nobody reads | A |
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| But little old poem that nobody reads | A |
| Holding you here above | F |
| The wound of a heart that warmly bleeds | A |
| For all that knows not love | F |
| I well believe if the old World knew | G |
| As dear a friend as I find in you | G |
| That friend would tell it that all it needs | A |
| Is the little old poem that nobody reads | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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