When That I Was And A Little Tiny Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDB FEFB GEGB HEHC| When that I was and a little tiny boy | A |
| With hey ho the wind and the rain | B |
| A foolish thing was but a toy | A |
| For the rain it raineth every day | C |
| - | |
| But when I came to man's estate | D |
| With hey ho | E |
| 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate | D |
| For the rain | B |
| - | |
| But when I came alas to wive | F |
| With hey ho | E |
| By swaggering could I never thrive | F |
| For the rain | B |
| - | |
| But when I came unto my beds | G |
| With hey ho | E |
| With toss pots still had drunken heads | G |
| For the rain | B |
| - | |
| A great while ago the world begun | H |
| With hey ho | E |
| But that's all one our play is done | H |
| And we'll strive to please you every day | C |
William Shakespeare
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