A Highly Valuable Chain Of Thoughts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABAB ABCCABAB DBCCDBAB| Had cigarettes no ashes | A |
| And roses ne'er a thorn | B |
| No man would be a funker | C |
| Of whin or burn or bunker | C |
| There were no need for mashies | A |
| The turf would ne'er be torn | B |
| Had cigarettes no ashes | A |
| And roses ne'er a thorn | B |
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| Had cigarettes no ashes | A |
| And roses ne'er a thorn | B |
| The big trout would not ever | C |
| Escape into the river | C |
| No gut the salmon smashes | A |
| Would leave us all forlorn | B |
| Had cigarettes no ashes | A |
| And roses ne'er a thorn | B |
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| But 'tis an unideal | D |
| Sad world in which we're born | B |
| And things will go contrairy | C |
| With Martin and with Mary | C |
| And every day the real | D |
| Comes bleakly in with morn | B |
| And cigarettes have ashes | A |
| And every rose a thorn | B |
Andrew Lang
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