Before Bedtime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBGB BGHG| The cat sleeps in a chimney jam | A |
| With ashes in her fur | B |
| An' Tige from on the yuther side | C |
| He keeps his eye on her | B |
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| The jar o' curds is on the hearth | D |
| An' I'm the one to turn it | E |
| I'll crawl in bed an' go to sleep | F |
| When maw begins to churn it | E |
| - | |
| Paw bends to read his almanax | G |
| An' study out the weather | B |
| An' bud has got a gourd o' grease | G |
| To ile his harness leather | B |
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| Sis looks an' looks into the fire | B |
| Half squintin' through her lashes | G |
| An' I jis watch my tater where | H |
| It shoots smoke through the ashes | G |
John Charles Mcneill
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