Were I Man Grown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BCDEB B F GHF III JKJ J LLL MMM BBB| Were I man grown I'd stand | A |
| With clean heart soul and hand | A |
| An honor to this land | A |
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| I would be good and true | B |
| I would not | C |
| smoke | D |
| and | E |
| chew | B |
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| As many grown men do | B |
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| Tobacco is foul stuff | F |
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| Hogs | G |
| root it from the trough | H |
| And serve it right enough | F |
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| I wish I'd every seed | I |
| And plant of that bad weed | I |
| I'd make a fire indeed | I |
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| And these two lips of mine | J |
| Should never | K |
| taste of wine | J |
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| Though it might glow and shine | J |
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| No wine no beer no gin | L |
| No ale no rum within | L |
| Each drink lurk shame and sin | L |
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| And I'd not swear Ah when | M |
| We boys grow into men | M |
| You'll see true manhood then | M |
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| For we shall be and do | B |
| Just what I've said and you | B |
| Had better try it too | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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