Passing The Buck Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DB DBDB BBBBB| Whatever the task that comes your way | A |
| Just take it as part of your luck | B |
| Look it right square in the eyes and say | A |
| 'This is | C |
| my | - |
| task I'll do it to day' | D |
| Don't pass the buck | B |
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| Oh whether you cook or whether you fight | D |
| Or whether you trundle a truck | B |
| Just tackle your job and do it right | D |
| Don't pass the buck | B |
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| The wheels of the earth have gone alack | B |
| Deep into war's mire and muck | B |
| If you want to put it again on its track | B |
| Don't shift your load on another man's back | B |
| Don't pass the buck | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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