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MY BOY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SMILE AND YOU SMOKE YOUR
Last Line: A TROUBLE LIKE YOURS, MY BOY!
Subject(s): FATHERS; SONS;

YOU smile and you smoke your cigar, my boy;
You walk with a languid swing;
You tinkle and tune your guitar, my boy,
And life up your voice and sing;
The midnight moon is a friend of yours,
And a serenade your joy --
And it's only an age like mine that cures
A trouble like yours, my boy!



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