Playing The Game Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCBDEEBFFFBGGGB HHHBADABIIIBCCCBJJJB KKKBLLLB| When the umpire calls you out | A |
| It's no use to stamp and shout | A |
| Wildly kicking dust about | A |
| Play the game | B |
| And though his decision may | C |
| End your chances for the day | C |
| Rallies often end that way | C |
| Play the game | B |
| When the umpire shouts 'Strike two ' | D |
| And the ball seems wide to you | E |
| There is just one thing to do | E |
| Play the game | B |
| Keep your temper at the plate | F |
| Grit your teeth and calmly wait | F |
| For the next one may be straight | F |
| Play the game | B |
| When you think the umpire's wrong | G |
| Tell him so but jog along | G |
| Nothing's gained by language strong | G |
| Play the game | B |
| For his will must be obeyed | H |
| Wheresoever baseball's played | H |
| Take his verdict as it's made | H |
| Play the game | B |
| Son of mine beyond a doubt | A |
| Fate shall often call you 'out ' | D |
| But keep on with courage stout | A |
| Play the game | B |
| In the battlefield of men | I |
| There'll come trying moments when | I |
| You shall lose the verdict then | I |
| Play the game | B |
| There's an umpire who shall say | C |
| You have missed your greatest play | C |
| And shall dash your hopes away | C |
| Play the game | B |
| You must bow unto his will | J |
| Though your chance it seems to kill | J |
| And you think he erred but still | J |
| Play the game | B |
| For the Great Umpire above | K |
| Sees what we see nothing of | K |
| By His wisdom and His love | K |
| Play the game | B |
| Keep your faith in Him although | L |
| His grim verdicts hurt you so | L |
| At His Will we come and go | L |
| Play the game | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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