They Could Not Tell Me Who Should Be My Lord Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEFGHIDJJ| They could not tell me who should be my lord | A |
| But I could read from every word they said | B |
| The common thought Perhaps that lord was dead | B |
| And only a story now and a wandering word | C |
| How could I follow a word or serve a fable | D |
| They asked me Here are lords a plenty Take | E |
| Service with one if only for your sake | E |
| Yet better be your own master if you're able ' | F |
| I would rather scour the roads a masterless dog | G |
| Than take such service be a public fool | H |
| Obstreperous or tongue tied a good rogue | I |
| Than be with those the clever and the dull | D |
| Who say that lord is dead when I can hear | J |
| Daily his dying whisper in my ear | J |
Edwin Muir
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