A Long, Long Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD E FGFGHIHI E JKJKLMLM N OPOPQJRJ| It's a long long way to the country where | A |
| I wade and splash in the creek | B |
| And a long long way to the Ferncreek Fair | A |
| The Fair where I was last week | B |
| It's a long long way to the end of the world | C |
| Where the sun blows out his beams | D |
| But the way is short in your warm bed curled | C |
| To the old old Land of Dreams | D |
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| II | E |
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| It's a long long way to go up stairs | F |
| When you're down in the yard below | G |
| And a long long way where no boy cares | F |
| To ever want to go | G |
| It's a long long way to the world's far end | H |
| Where the stars sit down with God | I |
| But the way is short so I comprehend | H |
| To the wonderful Land of Nod | I |
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| III | E |
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| It's a long long way when you have to be dressed | J |
| When you'd very much rather play | K |
| And a long long way let it be confessed | J |
| To leave where you'd rather stay | K |
| It's a long long way to the end of the Earth | L |
| Where the night rolls dark and deep | M |
| But the way is short in your cozy berth | L |
| To the far far Land of Sleep | M |
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| IV | N |
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| It's a short short way when you go to school | O |
| But a long long way back home | P |
| And my teacher says you can find a fool | O |
| No matter where you roam | P |
| It's a long long way so my father says | Q |
| Till some folks see a jest | J |
| But the longest way of all the ways | R |
| Is the way to the Land of Rest | J |
Madison Julius Cawein
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