Poet Edgar Albert Guest

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The Bachelor's Soliloquy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFAGHIJKGLBMNOP QRQSTUVWXYZA2B2C2A

To wed or not to wed that is the questionA
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferB
The bills and house rent of a wedded fortuneA
Or to say nit when she proposesC
And by declining cut her To wed to smokeD
No more And have a wife at home to mendE
The holes in socks and shirtsF
And underwear and so forth 'Tis a consummationA
Devoutly to be wished To wed for lifeG
To wed perchance to fight ay there's the rubH
For in that married life what fights may comeI
When we have honeymooning ceasedJ
Must give us pause there's the respectK
That makes the joy of single lifeG
For who would bear her mother's scornful tongueL
Canned goods for tea the dying furnace fireB
The pangs of sleepless nights when baby criesM
The pain of barking shins upon a chair andN
Closing waists that button down the backO
When he himself might all these troubles shirkP
With a bare refusal Who would bundles bearQ
And grunt and sweat under a shopping loadR
Who would samples match buy rats for hairQ
Cart cheese and crackers home to serve at nightS
For lunch to feed your friends play pedroT
After tea sing rag time songs amusingU
Friendly neighbors Buy garden toolsV
To lend unto the same Stay home at nightsW
In smoking coat and slippers and slink to bedX
At ten o'clock to save the light billsY
Thus duty does make cowards of us allZ
And thus the native hue of matrimonyA2
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of choresB2
And thus the gloss of marriage fades awayC2
And loses its attractionA

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