Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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The Lamplight Camp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGDDDD HHIIJJ DDKKLL DDAAMM

Whenever on the windowpaneA
I hear the fingers of the rainA
And in the old trees near the doorB
The wind that whispers more and moreB
Bright in the light made by the lampC
I make myself a hunter's campC
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The shadows of the desk and chairsD
Are trees and woods the corners lairsD
Where wolves and wildcats lie in waitE
For any one who walks too lateE
Upon my knees with my toy gunF
I hunt and slaughter many a oneF
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And now I rescue Riding HoodG
From the great Wolf within the woodG
Now little Silver Locks who fliesD
From the Three Bears with angry eyesD
And many a little girl who dwellsD
In story books as mother tellsD
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So up and down and all aroundH
My wildwood camp I prowl or boundH
From corner unto corner tillI
I reach the door and windowsillI
Where Jack o' Lantern hides I knowJ
Outside the lamplight's steady glowJ
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And he the goblin fiend my nurseD
Once scared me with when I was worseD
Than naughty would not go to sleepK
But keep awake and cry and creepK
Out of my bed the goblin blackL
The foul fiend Flibberty Jibberty JackL
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And when I think perhaps that theseD
May catch me on my father's kneesD
I climb and listen to the rainA
And wind outside the windowpaneA
And feel so safe with him that IM
Go right to sleep and never cryM

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