The Tree-toad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDD EFGGHII JKLLKMM ENOONP| ''Scurious like ' said the tree toad | A |
| 'I've twittered far rain all day | B |
| And I got up soon | C |
| And I hollered till noon | C |
| But the sun hit blazed away | B |
| Till I jest clumb down in a crawfish hole | D |
| Weary at heart and sick at soul | D |
| - | |
| 'Dozed away far an hour | E |
| And I tackled the thing agin | F |
| And I sung and sung | G |
| Till I knowed my lung | G |
| Was jest about give in | H |
| And then thinks I ef hit don't rain now | I |
| There're nothin' in singin' anyhow | I |
| - | |
| 'Once in awhile some | J |
| Would come a drivin' past | K |
| And he'd hear my cry | L |
| And stop and sigh | L |
| Till I jest laid back at last | K |
| And I hollered rain till I thought my th'oat | M |
| Would bust right open at ever' note | M |
| - | |
| 'But I fetched her O I fetched her | E |
| 'Cause a little while ago | N |
| As I kindo' set | O |
| With one eye shet | O |
| And a singin' soft and low | N |
| A voice drapped down on my fevered brain | P |
| Sayin' ' Ef you'll jest hush I'll rain '' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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Carolyn Jackson: My mama had read this and loved it but couldn't remember it all in her later years. My local librarian looked it up for me, and it showed in v. 3 "once in a while some farmer"
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