The Same Old Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLKLMNM OPQRSTOTRQUR| The same old story told again | A |
| The maiden droops her head | B |
| The ripening glow of her crimson cheek | C |
| Is answering in her stead | B |
| The pleading tone of a trembling voice | D |
| Is telling her the way | E |
| He loved her when his heart was young | F |
| In Youth's sunshiny day | E |
| The trembling tongue the longing tone | G |
| Imploringly ask why | H |
| They can not be as happy now | I |
| As in the days gone by | H |
| And two more hearts tumultuous | J |
| With overflowing joy | K |
| Are dancing to the music | L |
| Which that dear provoking boy | K |
| Is twanging on his bowstring | L |
| As fluttering his wings | M |
| He sends his love charged arrows | N |
| While merrily be sings | M |
| 'Ho ho my dainty maiden | O |
| It surely can not be | P |
| You are thinking you are master | Q |
| Of your heart when it is me ' | R |
| And another gleaming arrow | S |
| Does the little god's behest | T |
| And the dainty little maiden | O |
| Falls upon her lover's breast | T |
| 'The same old story told again ' | R |
| And listened o'er and o'er | Q |
| Will still be new and pleasing too | U |
| Till 'Time shall be no more ' | R |
James Whitcomb Riley
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