I Wonder Where My Papa Is? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAF GHIHJKLK MNINOPQR ABSDETSU VRWPXYZY A2HA2HB2C2D2C2 ZE2EF2G2YH2Y G2A2I2A2ZJ2ZJ2| I wonder where my papa is | A |
| Oh where could he have gone | B |
| I wonder why he does not come | C |
| And see his Lilly Long | D |
| He would come and sit by me | E |
| When the fever burnt my brow | F |
| I wonder where my papa is | A |
| For he comes not near me now | F |
| - | |
| I hear no more the foot pace | G |
| In the hall by my door | H |
| Where he would gently gently tread | I |
| Upon the oaken floor | H |
| His place is vacant by the hearth | J |
| There stands his easy chair | K |
| I hear no more his loving voice | L |
| Raising the evening prayer | K |
| - | |
| The last time I saw my papa dear | M |
| Was just five days ago | N |
| He took me in his arms and said | I |
| You are getting better slow | N |
| Thank God my little Lilly pet | O |
| Will soon be well again | P |
| And run about the house and play | Q |
| With little Nettie Lane | R |
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| I wonder where my papa is | A |
| Oh where could he have gone | B |
| It cannot be he has forgotten | S |
| His little Lilly Long | D |
| No he never would have left me | E |
| And mamma without aid | T |
| I fear my papa has fallen | S |
| A victim of the plague | U |
| - | |
| The mother listened to her child | V |
| Her heart filled with pain | R |
| To hear her loved one mourn for him | W |
| Who would never come again | P |
| Tears were falling from her eyes | X |
| From her bossom heaved a sigh | Y |
| Little Lilly asked in wonder | Z |
| Mamma dear what makes you cry | Y |
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| Dearest Lilly must I tell you | A2 |
| That your papa is no more | H |
| That he cannot come and see you | A2 |
| And caress you as of yore | H |
| He has gone to live with Jesus | B2 |
| In the heavenly home above | C2 |
| Where are dwelling the blessed | D2 |
| In God's everlasting love | C2 |
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| Lilly listened to her mother | Z |
| She uttered not a sound | E2 |
| O'er her little pale cheeks softly | E |
| Tears began to trinkle down | F2 |
| At last she sweetly murmured | G2 |
| Mamma dear you and I | Y |
| Must live so we can meet papa | H2 |
| In Heaven by and by | Y |
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| Yes my child the mother answered | G2 |
| Your words are very true | A2 |
| While we live on earth we should keep | I2 |
| The heavenly land in view | A2 |
| Then bright on earth will be our future | Z |
| Bright as a shining star | J2 |
| We will live in love together | Z |
| Till we reach that home afar | J2 |
Julia Ann Moore
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