Trimming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CBDB EBFB GBCB| When your father long ago tried to train you and you know | A |
| He thought mornings meant for school and not for swimming | B |
| How your heart beat loud in dread as relentlessly he said | C |
| You'llremember when you've had another trimming | B |
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| When your daughter buys a hat and you're wondering thereat | C |
| As before the glass she stands its beauty hymning | B |
| Ah the mischief in her eyes as she pleads Show no surprise | D |
| At thecost One has to pay forpretty trimming | B |
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| When the butcher brings your bill and you stare at it until | E |
| Your tongue with fervid words is fairly brimming | B |
| Then you hear him meekly say as your anger you display | F |
| It seems high because there's so muchwaste in trimming | B |
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| So when politicians try your votes to beg or buy | G |
| With their sophistry your common sense that's dimming | B |
| Justremember then thecost and thewaste should all be lost | C |
| Of the smooth tongued wordy trimmer'spretty trimming | B |
Helen Leah Reed
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