My Literary Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| Once I wrote a little poem which I thought was very fine | A |
| And I showed the printer s copy to a critic friend of mine | A |
| First he praised the thing a little then he found a little fault | B |
| The ideas are good he muttered but the rhythm seems to halt | B |
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| So I straighten d up the rhythm where he marked it with his pen | C |
| And I copied it and showed it to my clever friend again | C |
| You ve improved the metre greatly but the rhymes are bad he said | D |
| As he read it slowly scratching surplus wisdom from his head | D |
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| So I worked as he suggested I believe in taking time | E |
| And I burnt the midnight taper while I straightened up the rhyme | E |
| It is better now he muttered you go on and you ll succeed | F |
| It has got a ring about it the ideas are what you need | F |
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| So I worked for hours upon it I go on when I commence | G |
| And I kept in view the rhythm and the jingle and the sense | G |
| And I copied it and took it to my solemn friend once more | H |
| It reminded him of something he had somewhere read before | H |
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| Now the people say I d never put such horrors into print | I |
| If I wasn t too conceited to accept a friendly hint | I |
| And my dearest friends are certain that I d profit in the end | J |
| If I d always show my copy to a literary friend | J |
Henry Lawson
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