The Loser Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCBDEDEFEGEHIHI| He lost his money first of all | A |
| And losing that is half the story | B |
| And later on he tried a fall | A |
| With fate in things less transitory | B |
| He lost his heart and found it dead | C |
| His one and only true discovery | B |
| And after that he lost his head | C |
| And lost his chances of recovery | B |
| He lost his honour bit by bit | D |
| Until the thing was out of question | E |
| He worried so at losing it | D |
| He lost his sleep and his digestion | E |
| He lost his temper and for good | F |
| The remnants of his reputation | E |
| His taste in wine his choice of food | G |
| And then in rapid culmination | E |
| His certitudes his sense of truth | H |
| His memory his self control | I |
| The love that graced his early youth | H |
| And lastly his immortal soul | I |
Hilaire Belloc
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