The Pet Coon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKHK| Noey Bixler ketched him and fetched him in to me | A |
| When he's ist a little teenty weenty baby coon | B |
| 'Bout as big as little pups an' tied him to a tree | A |
| An' Pa gived Noey fifty cents when he come home at noon | B |
| Nen he buyed a chain fer him an' little collar too | C |
| An' sawed a hole in a' old tub an' turnt it upside down | D |
| An' little feller'd stay in there and won't come out fer you | C |
| 'Tendin' like he's kindo' skeered o' boys 'at lives in town | D |
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| Now he aint afeard a bit he's ist so fat an' tame | E |
| We on'y chain him up at night to save the little chicks | F |
| Holler 'Greedy Greedy ' to him an' he knows his name | E |
| An' here he'll come a waddle un up fer any tricks | F |
| He'll climb up my leg he will an' waller in my lap | G |
| An' poke his little black paws 'way in my pockets where | H |
| They's beechnuts er chinkypins er any little scrap | G |
| Of anything 'at's good to eat an' he don't care | H |
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| An' he's as spunky as you please an' don't like dogs at all | I |
| Billy Miller's black an' tan tackled him one day | J |
| An' 'Greedy' he ist kindo' doubled all up like a ball | I |
| An' Billy's dog he gived a yelp er two an' runned away | J |
| An' nen when Billy fighted me an' hit me with a bone | K |
| An' Ma she purt'nigh ketched him as he dodged an' skooted thro' | H |
| The fence she says 'You better let my little boy alone | K |
| Er 'Greedy ' next he whips yer dog shall whip you too ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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