Thinkin' Back Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAACC DDEEFFAAGGHHIIAAJJ FFAAAA KLMMNOAAAA| I've ben thinkin' back of late | A |
| S'prisin' And I'm here to state | A |
| I'm suspicious it's a sign | B |
| Of age maybe or decline | B |
| Of my faculties and yit | A |
| I'm not feelin' old a bit | A |
| Any more than sixty four | C |
| Ain't no young man any more | C |
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| Thinkin' back's a thing 'at grows | D |
| On a feller I suppose | D |
| Older 'at he gits i jack | E |
| More he keeps a thinkin' back | E |
| Old as old men git to be | F |
| Er as middle aged as me | F |
| Folks'll find us eye and mind | A |
| Fixed on what we've left behind | A |
| Rehabilitatin' like | G |
| Them old times we used to hike | G |
| Out barefooted fer the crick | H |
| 'Long 'bout Aprile first to pick | H |
| Out some 'warmest' place to go | I |
| In a swimmin' Ooh my oh | I |
| Wonder now we hadn't died | A |
| Grate horseradish on my hide | A |
| Jes' a thinkin' how cold then | J |
| That 'ere worter must 'a' ben | J |
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| Thinkin' back W'y goodness me | F |
| I kin call their names and see | F |
| Every little tad I played | A |
| With er fought er was afraid | A |
| Of and so made him the best | A |
| Friend I had of all the rest | A |
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| Thinkin' back I even hear | K |
| Them a callin' high and clear | L |
| Up the crick banks where they seem | M |
| Still hid in there like a dream | M |
| And me still a pantin' on | N |
| The green pathway they have gone | O |
| Still they hide by bend er ford | A |
| Still they hide but thank the Lord | A |
| Thinkin' back as I have said | A |
| I hear laughin' on ahead | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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