Nobody Loses All The Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG GHIJJK LMNOOP QRCNOS TSIOUCJVWXGQ L| nobody loses all the time | A |
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| i had an uncle named | B |
| Sol who was a born failure and | C |
| nearly everybody said he should have gone | D |
| into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could | E |
| sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which | F |
| may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle | G |
| - | |
| Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable | G |
| of all to use a highfalootin phrase | H |
| luxuries that is or to | I |
| wit farming and be | J |
| it needlessly | J |
| added | K |
| - | |
| my Uncle Sol's farm | L |
| failed because the chickens | M |
| ate the vegetables so | N |
| my Uncle Sol had a | O |
| chicken farm till the | O |
| skunks ate the chickens when | P |
| - | |
| my Uncle Sol | Q |
| had a skunk farm but | R |
| the skunks caught cold and | C |
| died and so | N |
| my Uncle Sol imitated the | O |
| skunks in a subtle manner | S |
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| or by drowning himself in the watertank | T |
| but somebody who'd given my Uncle Sol a Victor | S |
| Victrola and records while he lived presented to | I |
| him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a | O |
| scruptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with | U |
| tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and | C |
| i remember we all cried like the Missouri | J |
| when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because | V |
| somebody pressed a button | W |
| and down went | X |
| my Uncle | G |
| Sol | Q |
| - | |
| and started a worm farm | L |
E. E. Cummings
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