The Runaway Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDBB EEBB EE B B FF GGBB BBFF HHIJ KLEE AAMM| Wunst I sassed my Pa an' he | A |
| Won't stand that an' punished me | A |
| Nen when he was gone that day | B |
| I slipped out an' runned away | B |
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| I tooked all my copper cents | C |
| An' clumbed over our back fence | D |
| In the jimpson weeds 'at growed | B |
| Ever'where all down the road | B |
| - | |
| Nen I got out there an' nen | E |
| I runned some an' runned again | E |
| When I met a man 'at led | B |
| A big cow 'at shooked her head | B |
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| I went down a long long lane | E |
| Where was little pigs a play'n' | E |
| An' a grea' big pig went 'Booh ' | - |
| An' jumped up an' skeered me too | B |
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| Nen I scampered past an' they | B |
| Was somebody hollered 'Hey ' | - |
| An' I ist looked ever'where | F |
| An' they was nobody there | F |
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| I Want to but I'm 'fraid to try | G |
| To go back An' by an' by | G |
| Somepin' hurts my throat inside | B |
| An' I want my Ma an' cried | B |
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| Nen a grea' big girl come through | B |
| Where's a gate an' telled me who | B |
| Am I an' ef I tell where | F |
| My home's at she'll show me there | F |
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| But I couldn't ist but tell | H |
| What's my name an' she says well | H |
| An' she tooked me up an' says | I |
| She know where I live she guess | J |
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| Nen she telled me hug wite close | K |
| Round her neck an' off she goes | L |
| Skippin' up the street An' nen | E |
| Purty soon I'm home again | E |
| - | |
| An' my Ma when she kissed me | A |
| Kissed the big girl too an' she | A |
| Kissed me ef I p'omise shore | M |
| I won't run away no more | M |
James Whitcomb Riley
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