A Guest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FBFBGG HIHIJJ| Death are you well I trust you have no cough | A |
| That's painful or in any way annoying | B |
| No kidney trouble that may carry you off | C |
| Or heart disease to keep you from enjoying | B |
| Your meals and ours 'T were very sad indeed | D |
| To have to quit the busy life you lead | E |
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| You've been quite active lately for so old | F |
| A person and not very strong appearing | B |
| I'm apprehensive somehow that my bold | F |
| Bad brother gave you trouble in the spearing | B |
| And my two friends I fear sir that you ran | G |
| Quite hard for them especially the man | G |
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| I crave your pardon 'twas no fault of mine | H |
| If you are overworked I'm sorry very | I |
| Come in old man and have a glass of wine | H |
| What shall it be Marsala Port or Sherry | I |
| What just a mug of blood That's funny grog | J |
| To ask a friend for eh Well take it hog | J |
Ambrose Bierce
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