Smart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEDFGHGIJKJLMNO| My dad gave me one dollar bill | A |
| 'Cause I'm his smartest son | B |
| And I swapped it for two shiny quarters | C |
| 'Cause two is more then one | B |
| And then I took the quarters | C |
| And traded them to Lou | D |
| For three dimes I guess he didn't know | E |
| That three is more than two | D |
| Just then along came old blind Bates | F |
| And just 'cause he can't see | G |
| He gave me four nickels for my three dimes | H |
| And four is more than three | G |
| And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs | I |
| Down at the seed feed store | J |
| And the fool gave me five pennies for them | K |
| And five is more than four | J |
| And I went and showed my dad | L |
| And he got red in the cheeks | M |
| And closed his eyes and shook his head | N |
| Too proud of me to speak | O |
Shel Silverstein
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Mohammad Khan: The boy thinks he has more every time but he does not know the costs of how much he gets every time.
Carol timsina : he is not smart because he traded on less than dollar bill. 2 quarters is less than a dollar bill. 3 dimes are less than 2 quarters. 4 nickels are less than 3 dimes. 5 penny is less than 4 nickels.
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