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 know | A |
| A jolly and rollicking lad | B |
| He never was sick he never was tired | C |
| And nothing could make him sad | B |
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| If he started to play at sunrise | D |
| Not a rest would he take at noon | E |
| No day was so long from beginning to end | F |
| But his bed time came too soon | E |
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| Did someone urge that he make less noise | G |
| He would say with a saucy grin | H |
| Why one boy alone doesn't make much stir | I |
| O sakes I wish I was a twin | H |
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| There's two of twins and it must be fun | J |
| To go double at everything | K |
| To holler by twos and whistle by twos | L |
| To stamp by twos and to sing | K |
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| His laugh was something to make you glad | B |
| So brimful was it of joy | M |
| A conscience he had perhaps in his breast | N |
| But it never troubled the boy | M |
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| You met him out on the garden path | O |
| The terrier at his heels | P |
| And knew by the shout he hailed you with | Q |
| How happy a youngster feels | P |
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| The maiden auntie was half distraught | R |
| With his tricks as the days went by | S |
| The most mischievous child in all the world | T |
| She said with a shrug and a sigh | S |
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| His father owned that her words were true | U |
| His mother declared each day | V |
| He was putting wrinkles into her face | W |
| And turning her brown hair gray | V |
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| His grown up sister referred to him | X |
| As a trouble a trial a grief | Y |
| The way he ignored all rules she said | Z |
| Was something beyond belief | Y |
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| It never troubled the boy of the house | A2 |
| He revelled in racket and din | H |
| Had only one regret in the world | T |
| He hadn't been born a twin | H |
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| There's nobody making a noise to day | V |
| There's nobody stamping the floor | B2 |
| 'Tis strangely silent upstairs and down | C2 |
| White ribbons upon the door | B2 |
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| The terrier's whining out in the sun | J |
| Where's my comrade he seems to say | V |
| Turn your plaintive eyes away little dog | D2 |
| There's no frolic for you to day | V |
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| The freckle faced girl from the house next door | B2 |
| Is sobbing her young heart out | E2 |
| Don't cry little girl you'll soon forget | F2 |
| The laugh and the merry shout | E2 |
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| The grown up sister is kissing his face | W |
| And calling him angel and sweet | G2 |
| And the maiden aunt is nursing the boots | H2 |
| He wore on his restless feet | G2 |
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| So big so solemn the old house seems | I2 |
| No uproar no racket no din | H |
| No shrill peal of laughter no voice shrieking out | E2 |
| O sakes I wish I was a twin | H |
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| A man and a woman white with grief | Y |
| Watch the wearisome moments creep | J2 |
| Oh the loneliness touches everything | K |
| The boy of the house is asleep | J2 |
Jean Blewett
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