Tommy Smith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC CDBEC FFEBC GGBEC HHEBC IIBBC| Dimple cheeked and rosy lipped | A |
| With his cap rim backward tipped | A |
| Still in fancy I can see | B |
| Little Tommy smile on me | B |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
| - | |
| Little unsung Tommy Smith | C |
| Scarce a name to rhyme it with | D |
| Yet most tenderly to me | B |
| Something sings unceasingly | E |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
| - | |
| On the verge of some far land | F |
| Still forever does he stand | F |
| With his cap rim rakishly | E |
| Tilted so he smiles on me | B |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
| - | |
| Elder blooms contrast the grace | G |
| Of the rover's radiant face | G |
| Whistling back in mimicry | B |
| Old Bob White all liquidly | E |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
| - | |
| O my jaunty statuette | H |
| Of first love I see you yet | H |
| Though you smile so mistily | E |
| It is but through tears I see | B |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
| - | |
| But with crown tipped back behind | I |
| And the glad hand of the wind | I |
| Smoothing back your hair I see | B |
| Heaven's best angel smile on me | B |
| Little Tommy Smith | C |
James Whitcomb Riley
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