Little Sunshine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDAEAEFGHGIJKJ LMLMNANAHOHOLPLPIHIH LPIP HQEQRHIHIHIHALALNHFH PSHSTHTHWinsome wee and witty | A |
Like a little fay | B |
Carolling her ditty | A |
All the livelong day | B |
Saucy as a sparrow | C |
In the summer glade | D |
Flitting o'er the meadow | C |
Came the little maid | D |
A youth big and burly | A |
Loitered near the stile | E |
He had risen early | A |
Just to win her smile | E |
And she came towards him | F |
Trying to look grave | G |
But she couldn't do it | H |
Not her life to save | G |
For the fun within her | I |
Well'd out from her eyes | J |
And the tell tale blushes | K |
To her brow would rise | J |
Then he gave her greeting | L |
And with bashful bow | M |
Said in tones entreating | L |
Darling tell me now | M |
You are all the sunshine | N |
This world holds for me | A |
Be my little valentine | N |
I have come for thee | A |
But she only tittered | H |
When he told his love | O |
And the gay birds twittered | H |
On the boughs above | O |
He continued pleading | L |
Calling her his sun | P |
Said his heart was bleeding | L |
Which seemed famous fun | P |
Then he turned to leave her | I |
But she caught his hand | H |
And its gentle pressure | I |
Made him understand | H |
That in spite of teasing | L |
He her heart had won | P |
And through life hereafter | I |
She would be his sun | P |
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Now they have been married | H |
Twenty years or more | Q |
But she's just as wilful | E |
As she was before | Q |
And she's just as winsome | R |
In his eyes to day | H |
As when first be met her | I |
Mischievous and gay | H |
Will the years ne'er tame her | I |
Will she ne'er grow old | H |
Does the grave man blame her | I |
Does he never scold | H |
Does he never weary | A |
Of her ready tongue | L |
Does he love her dearly | A |
As when he was young | L |
Yes she was the sunshine | N |
Of his youthful day | H |
And her light laugh cheers him | F |
Now he's growing gray | H |
Happy little woman | P |
That time cannot tame | S |
Happy sober husband | H |
Loving still the same | S |
Happy in her lightness | T |
When life's morn was bright | H |
Happy in her brightness | T |
As draws on the night | H |
John Hartley
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