A Little The Best Of It Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EAAAFA GHGHIHJ AGAKA| A LITTLE the best of it | A |
| Allus he prayed for | B |
| All th' time lookin' | C |
| Per more than he paid for | B |
| Had an idee that's | D |
| What bargains are made for | B |
| - | |
| Whatever he sold | E |
| Folks made up their minds to it | A |
| He got th' best of it | A |
| Everyona knew it | A |
| There warn't any trick | F |
| Known but what he could do it | A |
| - | |
| Sand in th' sugar | G |
| His thumb on the scales | H |
| Short weight in flour | G |
| An' ten penny nails | H |
| Made his own lard | I |
| An' he weighed in th' pails | H |
| Bet when he dies | J |
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| An' he makes a clean breast of it | A |
| Tells good St Peter | G |
| His yarn with the rest of it | A |
| He'll make a plea | K |
| For a little th' best of it | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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