A Visit From Young Gloom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKGK LMNM| There's been a young stranger at our house | A |
| A baby whom nobody knew | B |
| Who hated his brother his father his mother | C |
| And made them aware of it too | B |
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| He stayed with us nearly a fortnight | D |
| And carried a grouch all the while | E |
| Nor promise nor present could make him look pleasant | F |
| He hadn't the power to smile | E |
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| He cried when he couldn't have something | G |
| He cried just as hard when he could | H |
| Kind words by the earful but made him more tearful | I |
| And scoldings did just as much good | H |
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| He stormed when his meals weren't ready | J |
| And when they were ready he screamed | K |
| He went to bed growling got up again howling | G |
| And quarreled and snarled as he dreamed | K |
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| He's gone and the child we are fond of | L |
| Is back just as nice as of old | M |
| But I hope to be in some port European | N |
| The next time he has a bad cold | M |
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
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