Sketch From The Life, A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABC DEFDEG HCIHCI JKLJKL MNOMNO PQRPQR| Its eyes are gray | A |
| Its hair is either brown | B |
| Or black | C |
| And strange to say | A |
| Its dresses button down | B |
| The back | C |
| - | |
| It wears a plume | D |
| That loves to frisk around | E |
| My ear | F |
| It crowds the room | D |
| With cushions in a mound | E |
| And queer | G |
| - | |
| Old rugs and lamps | H |
| In corners a la Turque | C |
| And things | I |
| It steals my stamps | H |
| And when I want to work | C |
| It sings | I |
| - | |
| It rides and skates | J |
| But then it comes and fills | K |
| My walls | L |
| With plaques and plates | J |
| And keeps me paying bills | K |
| And calls | L |
| - | |
| It's firm and if | M |
| I should my many woes | N |
| Deplore | O |
| 'Twould only sniff | M |
| And perk its little nose | N |
| Some more | O |
| - | |
| It's bright though small | P |
| Its name you may have guessed | Q |
| Is Wife | R |
| But after all | P |
| It gives a wondrous zest | Q |
| To life | R |
Arthur Guiterman
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