I Wonder Where My Papa Is? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAF GHIHJKLK MNINOPQR ABSDETSU VRWPXYZY A2HA2HB2C2D2C2 ZE2EF2G2YH2Y G2A2I2A2ZJ2ZJ2I 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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