Midnight In The Pantry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGEHGCCII JJCC| You can boast your round of pleasures praise the sound of popping corks | A |
| Where the orchestra is playing to the rattle of the forks | A |
| And your after opera dinner you may think superbly fine | B |
| But that can't compare I'm certain to the joy that's always mine | B |
| When I reach my little dwelling source of all sincere delight | C |
| And I prowl around the pantry in the waning hours of night | C |
| When my business or my pleasure has detained me until late | D |
| And it's midnight say or after when I reach my own estate | D |
| Though I'm weary with my toiling I don't hustle up to bed | E |
| For the inner man is hungry and he's anxious to be fed | E |
| Then I feel a thrill of glory from my head down to my feet | F |
| As I prowl around the pantry after something good to eat | F |
| Oft I hear a call above me 'Goodness gracious come to bed ' | G |
| And I know that I've disturbed her by my overeager tread | E |
| But I've found a glass of jelly and some bread and butter too | H |
| And a bit of cold fried chicken and I answer 'When I'm through ' | G |
| Oh there's no cafe that better serves my precious appetite | C |
| Than the pantry in our kitchen when I get home late at night | C |
| You may boast your shining silver and the linen and the flowers | I |
| And the music and the laughter and the lights that hang in showers | I |
| You may have your cafe table with its brilliant array | J |
| But it doesn't charm yours truly when I'm on my homeward way | J |
| For a greater joy awaits me as I hunger for a bite | C |
| Just the joy of pantry prowling in the middle of the night | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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