The Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDC AABEFE AAGHIH BBJIKIGo little boy | A |
Fill thee with joy | A |
For Time gives thee | B |
Unlicensed hours | C |
To run in fields | D |
And roll in flowers | C |
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A little boy | A |
Can life enjoy | A |
If but to see | B |
The horses pass | E |
When shut indoors | F |
Behind the glass | E |
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Go little boy | A |
Fill thee with joy | A |
Fear not like man | G |
The kick of wrath | H |
That you do lie | I |
In some one's path | H |
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Time is to thee | B |
Eternity | B |
As to a bird | J |
Or butterfly | I |
And in that faith | K |
True joy doth lie | I |
William Henry Davies
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