The Two Boys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDEAFG CHHCHIICJJ| I saw a boy with eager eye | A |
| Open a book upon a stall | B |
| And read as he'd devour it all | B |
| Which when the stall man did espy | C |
| Soon to the boy I heard him call | B |
| 'You sir you never buy a book | D |
| Therefore in one you shall not look ' | E |
| The boy passed slowly on and with a sigh | A |
| He wished he never had been taught to read | F |
| Then of the old churl's books he should have had no need | G |
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| Of sufferings the poor have many | C |
| Which never can the rich annoy | H |
| I soon perceived another boy | H |
| Who looked as if he'd not had any | C |
| Food for that day at least enjoy | H |
| The sight of cold meat in a tavern larder | I |
| This boy's case thought I is surely harder | I |
| Thus hungry longing thus without a penny | C |
| Beholding choice of dainty dressed meat | J |
| No wonder if he wish he ne'er had learned to eat | J |
Charles Lamb
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