The Madman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDC EFEEFGG HIHHIJJ EKEEK| 'I should go mad ' he said 'in such a place | A |
| The lack of company the loneliness | B |
| Nothing but trees to stare you in the face | A |
| Nothing to do no life no pep no pace | A |
| I'd die of melancholy ' I said 'Yes ' | C |
| 'Why yes ' said he 'The suburbs can be bad | D |
| But this Why heavens man I should go mad ' | C |
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| 'What do you do ' he said 'How find a way | E |
| To pass the time Of course the country's great | F |
| For rest and that' I wished he'd go away | E |
| I had a hundred things to do that day | E |
| 'Oh well ' I said 'I think I meditate | F |
| And ' 'Think A man can't always think | G |
| Not all the time Good lord I'd take to drink | G |
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| 'I'd go stone mad ' he said 'I know the trees | H |
| And birds and sky and all that sort of stuff | I |
| Please for a while But man can't live on these | H |
| I've got my love of nature's harmonies | H |
| But spare me days man nature's not enough | I |
| You work you say But then when work is done | J |
| What in the thunder do you do for fun | J |
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| 'Ah well ' he said 'It's peaceful that I'll say | E |
| Er what's the time Good heavens I must go | K |
| I've got a crowd of men to see to day | E |
| I'll miss the train I must be on my way | E |
| Can't spare another half a minute So | K |
| Good bye I wonder you're not dilly lad ' | - |
| 'Ah that's just it ' I told him 'I am mad ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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