A Lesson From Golf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII BBDDJJHe couldn't use his driver any better on the tee | A |
Than the chap that he was licking who just happened to be me | A |
I could hit them with a brassie just as straight and just as far | B |
But I piled up several sevens while he made a few in par | B |
And he trimmed me to a finish and I know the reason why | C |
He could keep his temper better when he dubbed a shot than I | C |
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His mashie stroke is choppy without any follow through | D |
I doubt if he will ever on a short hole cop a two | D |
But his putts are straight and deadly and he doesn't even frown | E |
When he's tried to hole a long one and just fails to get it down | E |
On the fourteenth green I faded there he put me on the shelf | F |
And it's not to his discredit when I say I licked myself | F |
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He never whined or whimpered when a shot of his went wrong | G |
Never kicked about his troubles but just plodded right along | G |
When he flubbed an easy iron though I knew that he was vexed | H |
He merely shrugged his shoulders and then coolly played the next | H |
While I flew into a frenzy over every dub I made | I |
And was loud in my complaining at the dismal game I played | I |
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Golf is like the game of living it will show up what you are | B |
If you take your troubles badly you will never play to par | B |
You may be a fine performer when your skies are bright and blue | D |
But disaster is the acid that shall prove the worth of you | D |
So just meet your disappointments with a cheery sort of grin | J |
For the man who keeps his temper is the man that's sure to win | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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