The Bank Clerk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFCC GGHHII| I'D LIKE to be a bank clerk and sit inside a cage | A |
| I'd like to take and hoard away the toiler's weekly wage | A |
| I 'd like to sit behind a drawer with gold and greenbacks lined | B |
| I 'd like to read the writing on the checks rich men have signed | B |
| It must be nice to shut up shop at and cease to fret | C |
| And then I wish that I could have the holidays they get | C |
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| I'd like to be a bank clerk with a pen behind my ear | D |
| To go to work at and know that quitting time's so near | E |
| To occupy a cage in which no office bores can sit | F |
| With nothing else to do but take in cash and care for it | F |
| I 'd like to be a bank clerk that I 'm not is my regret | C |
| Just think of all the holidays the weary bank clerks get | C |
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| I love the name of Lincoln and the name of Washington | G |
| I like to think about the way George made the British run | G |
| I 'd like to take a day off too to honor him I say | H |
| And I would also like to rest on Decoration Day | H |
| I love this land of freedom and I like to sing her praise | I |
| But I wish I were a bank clerk to enjoy her holidays | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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