James Whitcomb Riley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFEFGHEHHIJI HKEKEAKALBKBMKNKEICI| From a Westerner's Point of View | A |
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| No matter what you call it | B |
| Whether genius or art | C |
| He sings the simple songs that come | D |
| The closest to your heart | C |
| Fur trim an' skillful phrases | E |
| I do not keer a jot | F |
| 'Tain't the words alone but feelin's | E |
| That tech the tender spot | F |
| An' that's jest why I love him | G |
| Why he's got sech human feelin' | H |
| An' in ev'ry song he gives us | E |
| You kin see it creepin' stealin' | H |
| Through the core the tears go tricklin' | H |
| But the edge is bright an' smiley | I |
| I never saw a poet | J |
| Like that poet Whitcomb Riley | I |
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| His heart keeps beatin' time with our'n | H |
| In measures fast or slow | K |
| He tells us jest the same ol' things | E |
| Our souls have learned to know | K |
| He paints our joys an' sorrers | E |
| In a way so stric'ly true | A |
| That a body can't help knowin' | K |
| That he has felt them too | A |
| If there's a lesson to be taught | L |
| He never fears to teach it | B |
| An' he puts the food so good an' low | K |
| That the humblest one kin reach it | B |
| Now in our time when poets rhyme | M |
| For money fun or fashion | K |
| 'Tis good to hear one voice so clear | N |
| That thrills with honest passion | K |
| So let the others build their songs | E |
| An' strive to polish highly | I |
| There's none of them kin tech the heart | C |
| Like our own Whitcomb Riley | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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