The Hands That Hang Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE BGHI JKLK MNOP QRSR| O lord I am so tired | A |
| My heart is sick and sore | B |
| I work and work and do no good | C |
| And I can try no more | B |
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| I lay my treasures up | D |
| And think they're worth such care | E |
| And the next time I go to look | F |
| There's only rubbish there | E |
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| I tug hard at the door | B |
| Of knowledge strain and pant | G |
| But Lord the more I seem to learn | H |
| The more I'm ignorant | I |
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| Sometimes I am so vain | J |
| I set myself to teach | K |
| But e'en the first beginnings lie | L |
| Utterly out of reach | K |
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| I am no use no use | M |
| I thought I might have been | N |
| But now I know how small I am | O |
| How poor how false how mean | P |
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| Sunk in the dust and mire | Q |
| While aiming at the skies | R |
| Only a thing to laugh at Lord | S |
| To pity and despise | R |
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