Riley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFFEGBEBBE| His Birthday October the th | A |
| RILEY whose pen has made the world your debtor | B |
| Whose Art has kept you young through sixty years | C |
| Brimming our hearts with laughter and with tears | D |
| Holding her faith pure to the very letter | B |
| We come to you today both man and woman | E |
| And happy little children girl and boy | F |
| To laurel you with all our love and joy | F |
| And crown you for the dreams your pen made human | E |
| For Orphant Annie and for Old Aunt Mary | G |
| The Raggedty Man who never will grow older | B |
| And all the kindly folks from Griggsby's Station | E |
| Immortal throngs with Spirk and Wunk and Faery | B |
| Who swarm behind you peering o'er your shoulder | B |
| Sharing with you the blessings of a Nation | E |
Madison Julius Cawein
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