Hem And Haw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKFK LMNM OBPB QRSR| Hem and Haw were the sons of sin | A |
| Created to shally and shirk | B |
| Hem lay 'round and Haw looked on | C |
| While God did all the work | B |
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| Hem was a fogy and Haw was a prig | D |
| For both had the dull dull mind | E |
| And whenever they found a thing to do | F |
| They yammered and went it blind | E |
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| Hem was the father of bigots and bores | G |
| As the sands of the sea were they | H |
| And Haw was the father of all the tribe | I |
| Who criticise to day | H |
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| But God was an artist from the first | J |
| And knew what be was about | K |
| While over his shoulder sneered these two | F |
| And advised him to rub it out | K |
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| They prophesied ruin ere man was made | L |
| Such folly must surely fail | M |
| And when he was done Do you think my Lord | N |
| He's better without a tail | M |
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| And still in the honest working world | O |
| With posture and hint and smirk | B |
| These sons of the devil are standing by | P |
| While Man does all the work | B |
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| They balk endeavor and baffle reform | Q |
| In the sacred name of law | R |
| And over the quavering voice of Hem | S |
| Is the droning voice of Haw | R |
Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
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