Food, Clothes And Drink Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAADDEEFF AAFFGGFFHHIIGG AAJJKKLLMMNNOO| WHAT is food for anyway | A |
| Just to keep us through the day | A |
| Warm and strong and satisfy | B |
| Hunger whether bread or pie | B |
| Terrapin or chuck steak tough | C |
| When a man has had enough | C |
| What's it matter anyway | A |
| He can live and toil away | A |
| Sigh you not for richer fare | D |
| Bread and meat with some to spare | D |
| That is all the system needs | E |
| That gives strength for noble deeds | E |
| And the rich man if you please | F |
| Gets no more from luxuries | F |
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| What are clothes for anyway | A |
| Just to keep the wind at bay | A |
| And to hide our nakedness | F |
| Fine or homespun be your dress | F |
| That is all that clothes can do | G |
| They won't help nor hinder you | G |
| Men in torn and tattered rags | F |
| Oft have borne their country's flags | F |
| Through the battle fire and come | H |
| Back unto the sound of drum | H |
| Heroes by the world extolled | I |
| Be your garment new or old | I |
| Still fight on with purpose true | G |
| Finer dress can't conquer you | G |
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| What is drink for anyway | A |
| Just to quench your thirst by day | A |
| Here is water drink your fill | J |
| It will leave you clear eyed still | J |
| It will moisten lips now parched | K |
| Though ten thousand miles you've marched | K |
| Sparkling burgundy or wine | L |
| Or the juice of any vine | L |
| Poured into a crystal cup | M |
| Will not better bear you up | M |
| Will not better quench your thirst | N |
| Better fit you for the worst | N |
| Rich or poor man cannot think | O |
| Of or buy a better drink | O |
Edgar Albert Guest
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