An Idler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFFGGHHIIJJKLMMNNO O| Who told Creed Haymond he was witty who | A |
| Had nothing better in this world to do | A |
| Could no greased pig's appeal to his embrace | B |
| Kindle his ardor for the friendly chase | B |
| Did no dead dog upon a vacant lot | C |
| Bloated and bald or curdled in a clot | C |
| Stir his compassion and inspire his arms | D |
| To hide from human eyes its faded charms | D |
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| If not to works of piety inclined | E |
| Then recreation might have claimed his mind | E |
| The harmless game that shows the feline greed | F |
| To cinch the shorts and make the market bleed | F |
| Is better sport than victimizing Creed | F |
| And a far livelier satisfaction comes | G |
| Of knowing Simon autocrat of thumbs | G |
| If neither worthy work nor play command | H |
| This gentleman of leisure's heart and hand | H |
| Then Mammon might his idle spirit lift | I |
| By hope of profit to some deed of thrift | I |
| Is there no cheese to pare no flint to skin | J |
| No tin to mend no glass to be put in | J |
| No housewife worthy of a morning visit | K |
| Her rags and sacks and bottles to solicit | L |
| Lo the blind sow's precarious pursuit | M |
| Of the aspiring oak's familiar fruit | M |
| 'Twould more advantage any man to steal | N |
| This easy victim's undefended meal | N |
| Than tell Creed Haymond he has wit and so | O |
| Expose the state to his narcotic flow | O |
Ambrose Bierce
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