In The Workshop. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDE ECC FCEC ECC GCEH ECA| Once in the Workshop ages ago | A |
| The clay was wet and the fire was low | A |
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| And He who was bent on fashioning man | B |
| Moulded a shape from a clod | C |
| And put the loyal heart therein | D |
| While another stood watching by | E |
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| What's that said Beelzebub | E |
| A lover said God | C |
| And Beelzebub frowned for he knew that kind | C |
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| And then God fashioned a fellow shape | F |
| As lithe as a willow rod | C |
| And gave it the merry roving eye | E |
| And the range of the open road | C |
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| What's that said Beelzebub | E |
| A vagrant said God | C |
| And Beelzebub smiled for he knew that kind | C |
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| And last of all God fashioned a form | G |
| And gave it what was odd | C |
| The loyal heart and the roving eye | E |
| And he whistled light of care | H |
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| What's that said Beelzebub | E |
| A poet said God | C |
| And Beelzebub frowned for he did not know | A |
Bliss Carman (william)
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