Ethics For Infants Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFF GGHHFFII JJKKLLFF| Now children in this lesson of a rather novel sort | A |
| Let us dwell however briefly on the moral phase of sport | A |
| Taking cricket for example and those vague unwritten laws | B |
| Which when observed bring harmony and help the noble cause | C |
| Of sportsmanship but understand opinions given here | D |
| And rules of conduct specified are just as they appear | E |
| To me and sundry others who see eye to eye with me | F |
| While 'tis candidly admitted other folk may disagree | F |
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| Eample one When bowling we'll suppose without intent | G |
| You hurt a batsman badly so that half his strength be spent | G |
| Now the law as I conceive it is to give the man a chance | H |
| And to treat him rather gently while he flounders in trance | H |
| That's sportsmanship true sportsmanship as it appears to me | F |
| Tho' as I have remarked before some folk may disagree | F |
| They would set a leg trap for him and attack him out of hand | I |
| But that's a trick that you and I could never understand | I |
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| Example two When bowling you have got a batsman out | J |
| But the umpire has not seen it and the issue is in doubt | J |
| The batsman gets the benefit and profits by the same | K |
| And you Why you regard it as the fortune of the game | K |
| But should you lose your temper and show plainly you are peeved | L |
| Well I and who thnk like me would be just a little grieved | L |
| A little bit ashamed you know or so it seems to me | F |
| Tho' remember clearly children other folk may disgaree | F |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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