The Beggar-man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFAB CCGGHHICAB JJKKLLMMBAB| Abject stooping old and wan | A |
| See yon wretched beggar man | B |
| Once a father's hopeful heir | C |
| Once a mother's tender care | C |
| When too young to understand | D |
| He but scorched his little hand | D |
| By the candle's flaming light | E |
| Attracted dancing spiral bright | E |
| Clasping fond her darling round | F |
| A thousand kisses healed the wound | F |
| Now abject stooping old and wan | A |
| No mother tends the beggar man | B |
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| Then nought too good for him to wear | C |
| With cherub face and flaxen hair | C |
| In fancy's choicest gauds arrayed | G |
| Cap of lace with rose to aid | G |
| Milk white hat and feather blue | H |
| Shoes of red and coral too | H |
| With silver bells to please his ear | I |
| And charm the frequent ready tear | C |
| Now abject stooping old and wan | A |
| Neglected is the beggar man | B |
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| See the boy advance in age | J |
| And learning spreads her useful page | J |
| In vain for giddy pleasure calls | K |
| And shows the marbles tops and balls | K |
| What's learning to the charms of play | L |
| The indulgent tutor must give way | L |
| A heedless wilful dunce and wild | M |
| The parents' fondness spoiled the child | M |
| The youth in vagrant courses ran | B |
| Now abject stooping old and wan | A |
| Their fondling is the beggar man | B |
Charles Lamb
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