The Inn-keeper Makes Excuses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO DGDG HCH| 'Oh if only I had known ' | A |
| Said the keeper of the inn | B |
| 'But no hint to me was shown | C |
| And I didn't let them in | B |
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| 'Yes a star gleamed overhead | D |
| But I couldn't read the skies | E |
| And I'd given every bed | D |
| To the very rich and wise | E |
| - | |
| 'And she was so poorly clad | F |
| And he hadn't much to say | G |
| But no room for them I had | F |
| So I ordered them away | G |
| - | |
| 'She seemed tired and it was late | H |
| And they begged so hard that I | I |
| Feeling sorry for her state | H |
| In the stable let them lie | I |
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| 'Had I turned some rich man out | J |
| Just to make a place for them | K |
| 'Twould have killed beyond a doubt | J |
| All my trade at Bethlehem | K |
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| 'Then there came the wise men three | L |
| To the stable with the morn | M |
| Who announced they'd come to see | L |
| The great King who had been born | M |
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| 'And they brought Him gifts of myrrh | N |
| Costly frankincense and gold | O |
| And a great light shone on her | N |
| In the stable bleak and cold | O |
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| 'All my patrons now are dead | D |
| And forgotten but to day | G |
| All the world to peace is led | D |
| By the ones I sent away | G |
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| 'It was my unlucky fate | H |
| To be born that Inn to own | C |
| Against Christ I shut my gate | H |
| Oh if only I had known ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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