Times In The Attic Of My Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDEE FGHI JKLML NOLP LLQRR STBTBD B| I sat beside my wind up train | A |
| Of red and blue some tracks remain | A |
| The key now rusted but yet in place | B |
| I fear to wind it you know just in case | B |
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| There s my woollen brave stuffed teddy | C |
| Yellow buttons for eyes wide open and ready | C |
| To play once more on linoleum floor | D |
| My past stares back bringing tears to my eyes | E |
| An old banjo still there no strings no surprise | E |
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| There s a painted wooden box all my sisters dolls | F |
| She d sit them down their backs to the wall | G |
| And call them each by name one she called Louise | H |
| Who s eyes would close when she lay down | I |
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| She did love her the most she told me so | J |
| Should I pick her up and take to her now | K |
| I wondered if her eyes would open | L |
| She s been asleep for all these years | M |
| Or would she be angered if woken | L |
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| A beach ball bucket and spade | N |
| I remember those times of childhood days | O |
| Cold water sand dunes and sun | L |
| Egg sandwich and milk and ice cream from mom | P |
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| I m an old man of seven | L |
| Sitting here in my memory of heaven | L |
| As life flickers by each blink of a tear filled eye | Q |
| Turning teddy away so he won t see I ve cried | R |
| While lifting Louise her bright eyes opened wide | R |
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| Such a beautiful smile I held her a while | S |
| Then lay her back to never grow old | T |
| I glance round this wondrous space | B |
| Of books and toys while memories unfold | T |
| I ll take a stroll to another place | B |
| To shuffle the cards of life once more | D |
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| adthomas | B |
Tony Dockery
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