Forerunners Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCAA DADDAA EAEEAA FAFFAA GAGGAA HIHHA| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
| First thing that you'll know it's here | B |
| Nurse can tell it don't know how | A |
| By the smell o' th' atmosphere | C |
| Shivery and never clear | C |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
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| Boy next door he says he knows | D |
| By the ice at morning wow | A |
| And the way the old wind blows | D |
| And the way it snows and snows | D |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
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| Cook she knows it by her aches | E |
| So she says or anyhow | A |
| By the many cakes she bakes | E |
| Fruit cakes nut and pepper cakes | E |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
| 'Tis n't long till Christmas now | A |
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| And I know it yes I do | F |
| By the rooms they won't allow | A |
| Me to go in closets too | F |
| They keep locked I don't know who | F |
| 'Tis n't long till Christmas now | A |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
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| Father says he knows it by | G |
| Money and his purse and how | A |
| Much it takes for things oh my | G |
| Little boys come mighty high | G |
| 'Tis n't long till Christmas now | A |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
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| Mother knows it she declares | H |
| By the sounds at night the row | I |
| In the parlor on the stairs | H |
| Santa carrying in his wares | H |
| 'T is n't long till Christmas now | A |
Madison Julius Cawein
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