The Town Of Nothing-to-do Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GBHBIJKJ LMNMOBPB BQRQASTS| THEY say somewhere in the distance fair | A |
| Is the town of Nothing to Do | B |
| Where the sun they say shines every day | C |
| And the skies are always blue | B |
| Where no one tries for a silver prize | D |
| And no one strives for gold | E |
| There every race has taken place | F |
| And every tale been told | E |
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| The blacksmith sings as his anvil rings | G |
| Of the town of Nothing to Do | B |
| And vows in his song though the road is long | H |
| When with anvil and forge he's through | B |
| He will wander far where the glad folks are | I |
| And will rest in that happy town | J |
| He dreams of the day when he'll put for aye | K |
| His apron and hammer down | J |
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| O it matters not what the toiler's lot | L |
| Be he preacher or soldier brave | M |
| Though he delve a ditch be he great or rich | N |
| Be judge or a statesman grave | M |
| He dreams always of the future days | O |
| When he'll go to Nothing to Do | B |
| When he's faced life's test and his hands will rest | P |
| And his time of toil is through | B |
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| But Nothing to Do folks tell me who | B |
| Have journeyed the hills and found it | Q |
| Is a hollow fake and a big mistake | R |
| For the streams of care surround it | Q |
| And the people there they all declare | A |
| Are gloomy and sad and sighing | S |
| And they yearn for strife for the joy of life | T |
| Is something to do worth trying | S |
Edgar Albert Guest
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