The Fifty-per-cent Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DD EEFF GGH IIJJ| Just half a man ' he told the boss 'right now you look upon | A |
| An accident did this to me 'twere better had I died | B |
| It robbed me of efficiency but left me with my pride ' | C |
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| The boss said kindly unto him 'This is a busy place | D |
| It takes two arms and two good legs to hold our daily pace | D |
| It's able bodied men I need not crippled men like you ' | - |
| 'Don't you suppose ' he answered then 'there's something I can do ' | - |
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| 'Could you not find some sheltered nook where I can fill the day | E |
| Where I can use my one good arm and earn my weekly pay | E |
| Though half of me is stripped away the other half is proud | F |
| And it will do some useful work if only it's allowed | F |
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| They've taught me now to use my hand they've given me a trade | G |
| They've said I need not lose my pride and meekly beg for aid | G |
| But when the bosses look about they never seem to see | H |
| A place where they can use a man who's battered up like me ' | - |
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| Oh better far that charity and better for the town | I |
| It is to help the man to rise whom fate has stricken down | I |
| And better for that factory which keeps a job or two | J |
| Where speed and strength are not required which crippled men can do | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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