Fishing Reasons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ KLKLAMAMGEGE| Fish can be bought in the market place | A |
| So it isn't the fish I'm after | B |
| I want to get free from the care drawn face | A |
| And back to an honest laughter | B |
| I want to get out where the skies are clean | C |
| And rest by a river's brink | D |
| I want to get out where the woods are green | C |
| And I want a few hours to think | D |
| Oh it isn't the fish I am greedy for | E |
| It's the chatter and song of birds | F |
| And the talk of trees that I've known before | E |
| I am weary of selfish words | F |
| I want to stretch out just my soul and I | G |
| In a place from the strife afar | H |
| And let a few care filled hours pass by | G |
| As I think of the things that are | H |
| Oh it isn't the fish that I go to get | I |
| Though there's joy in a swishing line | J |
| And a splendid thrill when my grip I set | I |
| And a small mouthed bass is mine | J |
| But my soul seems cramped in the stifling air | K |
| That is heavy with talk of gain | L |
| And I want to get out where the world is fair | K |
| And there isn't so much of pain | L |
| Fish can be bought in the market place | A |
| But I long for the running streams | M |
| And I want to be free from the care drawn face | A |
| And the city of dreadful dreams | M |
| I want to stretch out just my soul and I | G |
| On a sun kissed river shore | E |
| And be as a few mad hours rush by | G |
| The man that I am once more | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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