A Stave Of Roving Tim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDEFCFC AGAGAHAHFCFC HHHHGHGHFCFC IGIGJHJHFCFC KAKALALAFCFC MCMCNGNGFCFC OHOHPQPQFCFC AAAARHRHFCFC

ADDRESSED TO CERTAIN FRIENDLY TRAMPSA
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The wind is East the wind is WestB
Blows in and out of havenC
The wind that blows is the wind that's bestB
And croak my jolly ravenC
If here awhile we jigged and laughedD
The like we will do yonderE
For he's the man who masters a craftD
And light as a lord can wanderE
So foot the measure Roving TimF
And croak my jolly ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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You live in rows of snug abodesA
With gold maybe for countingG
And mine's the beck of the rainy roadsA
Against the sun a mountingG
I take the day as it behavesA
Nor shiver when 'tis airyH
But comes a breeze all you are on wavesA
Sick chickens o' Mother CareyH
So now for next cries Roving TimF
And croak my jolly ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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Sweet lass you screw a lovely leerH
To make a man considerH
If you were up with the auctioneerH
I'd be a handsome bidderH
But wedlock clips the rover's wingG
She tricks him fly to spiderH
And when we get to fights in the RingG
It's trumps when you play outsiderH
So wrench and split cries Roving TimF
And croak my jolly ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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Along my winding way I knowI
A shady dell that's winkingG
The very corner for Self and CoI
To do a world of thinkingG
And shall I this and shall I thatJ
Till Nature answers ne'therH
Strike match and light your pipe in your hatJ
Rejoicing in sound shoe leatherH
So lead along cries Roving TimF
And croak my jolly ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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V-
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A cunning hand 'll hand you breadK
With freedom for your capersA
I'm not so sure of a cunning headK
It steers to pits or vapoursA
But as for Life we'll bear in sightL
The lesson Nature teachesA
Regard it in a sailoring lightL
And treat it like thirsty leechesA
So fly your jib cries Roving TimF
And top your boom old ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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She'll take to please her dame and dadM
The shopman nicely shavenC
She'll learn to think o' the marching ladM
When perchers show they're cravenC
You say the shopman piles a heapN
While I perhaps am fastingG
And bless your wits it haunts him in sleepN
His tin kettle chance of lastingG
So hail the road cries Roving TimF
And hail the rain old ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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He's half a wife yon pecker billO
A book and likewise preacherH
With any soul in a game of skillO
He'll prove your over reacherH
The reason is his brains are bentP
On doing things right singleQ
You'd wish for them when pitching your tentP
At night in a whirly dingleQ
So off we go cries Roving TimF
And on we go old ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC
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VIII-
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Lord no man's lot is not for blissA
To call it woe is blindnessA
It'll here a kick and it's there a kissA
And here and there a kindnessA
He starts a hare and calls her joyR
He runs her down to sorrowH
The dogs within him bother the boyR
But 'tis a new day to morrowH
So I at helm cries Roving TimF
And you at bow old ravenC
The wind according to its whimF
Is in and out of havenC

George Meredith



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