Billy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK BMNM OPQP RSTS UVWV XYZY A2HTH VB2C2B2 JVD2V B2E2F2E2 WG2H2G2 I2HE2H YJ2KJ2

O He was the boy of the house you knowA
A jolly and rollicking ladB
He never was sick he never was tiredC
And nothing could make him sadB
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If he started to play at sunriseD
Not a rest would he take at noonE
No day was so long from beginning to endF
But his bed time came too soonE
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Did someone urge that he make less noiseG
He would say with a saucy grinH
Why one boy alone doesn't make much stirI
O sakes I wish I was a twinH
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There's two of twins and it must be funJ
To go double at everythingK
To holler by twos and whistle by twosL
To stamp by twos and to singK
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His laugh was something to make you gladB
So brimful was it of joyM
A conscience he had perhaps in his breastN
But it never troubled the boyM
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You met him out on the garden pathO
The terrier at his heelsP
And knew by the shout he hailed you withQ
How happy a youngster feelsP
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The maiden auntie was half distraughtR
With his tricks as the days went byS
The most mischievous child in all the worldT
She said with a shrug and a sighS
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His father owned that her words were trueU
His mother declared each dayV
He was putting wrinkles into her faceW
And turning her brown hair grayV
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His grown up sister referred to himX
As a trouble a trial a griefY
The way he ignored all rules she saidZ
Was something beyond beliefY
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It never troubled the boy of the houseA2
He revelled in racket and dinH
Had only one regret in the worldT
He hadn't been born a twinH
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There's nobody making a noise to dayV
There's nobody stamping the floorB2
'Tis strangely silent upstairs and downC2
White ribbons upon the doorB2
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The terrier's whining out in the sunJ
Where's my comrade he seems to sayV
Turn your plaintive eyes away little dogD2
There's no frolic for you to dayV
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The freckle faced girl from the house next doorB2
Is sobbing her young heart outE2
Don't cry little girl you'll soon forgetF2
The laugh and the merry shoutE2
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The grown up sister is kissing his faceW
And calling him angel and sweetG2
And the maiden aunt is nursing the bootsH2
He wore on his restless feetG2
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So big so solemn the old house seemsI2
No uproar no racket no dinH
No shrill peal of laughter no voice shrieking outE2
O sakes I wish I was a twinH
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A man and a woman white with griefY
Watch the wearisome moments creepJ2
Oh the loneliness touches everythingK
The boy of the house is asleepJ2

Jean Blewett



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