When Christmas Comes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDBEEB FFBGHB IIBJJB KKBLLB| For thee my small one trinkets and new toys | A |
| The wine of life and all its keenest joys | A |
| When Christmas comes | B |
| For me the broken playthings of the past | C |
| That in my folded hands I still hold fast | C |
| When Christmas comes | B |
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| For thee fair hopes of all that yet may be | D |
| And tender dreams of sweetest mystery | D |
| When Christmas comes | B |
| For thee the future in a golden haze | E |
| For me the memory of some bygone days | E |
| When Christmas comes | B |
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| For thee the things that lightly come and go | F |
| For thee the holly and the mistletoe | F |
| When Christmas comes | B |
| For me the smiles that are akin to tears | G |
| For me the frost and snows of many years | H |
| When Christmas comes | B |
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| For thee the twinkling candles bright and gay | I |
| For me the purple shadows and the grey | I |
| When Christmas comes | B |
| For thee the friends that greet thee at the door | J |
| For me the faces I shall see no more | J |
| When Christmas comes | B |
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| But ah for both of us the mystic star | K |
| That leadeth back to Bethlehem afar | K |
| When Christmas comes | B |
| For both of us the child they saw of old | L |
| That evermore his mother's arms enfold | L |
| When Christmas comes | B |
Virna Sheard
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