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THE YOUTHFUL PATRIOT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: O WHAT DID THE LITTLE BOY DO
Last Line: AN' 'AT'S ALL THE LITTLE BOY DONE!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; PATRIOTISM; CHILDHOOD;
O WHAT did the little boy do
'At nobody wanted him to?
Didn't do nothin' but romp an' run,
An' whoop an' holler an' bang his gun
An' bu'st fire-crackers, an' ist have fun --
An' @3'at's@1 all the little boy done!



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