Santa Claus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEF GHGHIIEE JKJKLLME NONOPPME QRQRSSEE PTUTGGVWhen my mother is n't here | A |
And I just won't go to bed | B |
And it's cold outside and near | C |
Christmas and the kitchen shed | B |
'S covered thick with frost and snow | D |
Then my nurse she says 'Oh oh | D |
Better get to bed My Laws | E |
Think I hear Old Santa Claus ' | F |
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Then I hurry never kick | G |
Squirm or cry or anything | H |
But jump into bed right quick | G |
'Fraid to look around and cling | H |
Fast to nurse and close my eyes | I |
Tight she looking just as wise | I |
Scared too don't you know because | E |
She fast heard Old Santa Claus | E |
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Why in goodness I'm afraid | J |
I don't know For Santa's good | K |
So they say and brings much aid | J |
To all folks It's understood | K |
Specially to girls and boys | L |
Christmas trees and cakes and toys | L |
But there must be some good cause | M |
Makes one 'fraid of Santa Claus | E |
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It's his whiskers I suppose | N |
Gray and big about his chin | O |
Where you just can see his nose | N |
And his eyes each like a pin | O |
And his clothes all made of hair | P |
Twinkling thick with frost Declare | P |
If I saw him I'd have cause | M |
To be scared of Santa Claus | E |
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One night week from Christmas I | Q |
Looked out through the window pane | R |
And right in our back yard why | Q |
Some one walked in wind and rain | R |
Swishing splashing with a whip | S |
Did n't I just hop and skip | S |
Into bed because because | E |
Guess it was Old Santa Claus | E |
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And I am all shivery | P |
When I wake up winter nights | T |
And it's dark and I can't see | U |
And the black wind fights and fights | T |
Round the chimney then right quick | G |
Under cover my head I stick | G |
Crying 'Mother wake up 'cause | V |
Think I hear Old Santa Claus ' | - |
Madison Julius Cawein
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