The Average Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGDD HHIIJJKD LLMMNNDD| His hat looks worn and his coat sleeves shine | A |
| As I see him step from his bus at nine | A |
| His boots are pieced and his tie home made | B |
| And his trousers patched where the edge was frayed | B |
| And his face is lined by the stress of life | C |
| Where a man must fight for his bairns an wife | C |
| Who s that I ask as his face I scan | D |
| And the answer comes O an average man | D |
| He has not got notes he has not got gold | E |
| But his homely lunch in his handbag old | E |
| And day by day as the seasons go | F |
| He follows his duty to and fro | F |
| And shadows follow him everywhere | G |
| Grim want and worry and dread are there | G |
| For life is not on a gorgeous plan | D |
| Far far from it to the average man | D |
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| The floods the banks and the curtailed screw | H |
| The weekly bills and the grasping Jew | H |
| The servant s wage and the doctor s fee | I |
| And the needful change by the breezy sea | I |
| And the pent up hours at the desk which mean | J |
| A man s brain changed to a mere machine | J |
| And a wife s tired eyes and the children wan | K |
| All press like lead on the average man | D |
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| When the blood is up tis a simple thing | L |
| To charge where the bombs and the bullets sing | L |
| But he is worthy a higher place | M |
| Who fronts his woes with a smiling face | M |
| For the noblest strife in our life to day | N |
| Is the humdrum fight in the humdrum way | N |
| O wealth and genius may lead the van | D |
| But the hero is often an average man | D |
George Essex Evans
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