Thomas The Pretender Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDEE FFGHHGI| Tommy's alluz playin' jokes | A |
| An' actin' up an' foolin' folks | A |
| An' wunst one time he creep | B |
| In Pa's big chair he did one night | C |
| An' squint an' shut his eyes bofe tight | C |
| An' say 'Now I 'm asleep ' | D |
| An' nen we knowed an' Ma know' too | E |
| He ain't asleep no more 'n you | E |
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| An' wunst he clumbed on our back'fence | F |
| An' flop his arms an' nen commence | F |
| To crow like he's a hen | G |
| But when he failed off like he done | H |
| He didn't fool us childern none | H |
| Ner didn't crow again | G |
| An' our Hired Man as he come by | I |
| Says 'Tom can't crow but he kin cry ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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