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Job Work Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIB JKLK LJML NOPO QLRL BST

'Write me a rhyme of the present time'A
And the poet took his penB
And wrote such lines as the miser mindsC
Hide in the hearts of menB
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He grew enthused as the poets usedD
When their fingers kissed the stringsE
Of some sweet lyre and caught the fireF
True inspiration bringsE
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And sang the song of a nation's wrongG
Of the patriot's galling chainH
And the glad release that the angel PeaceI
Has given him againB
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He sang the lay of religion's swayJ
Where a hundred creeds clasp handsK
And shout in glee such a symphonyL
That the whole world understandsK
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He struck the key of monopolyL
And sang of her swift decayJ
And traveled the track of the railway backM
With a blithesome roundelayL
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Of the tranquil bliss of a true love kissN
And painted the picture tooO
Of the wedded life and the patient wifeP
And the husband fond and trueO
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And sang the joy that a noble boyQ
Brings to a father's soulL
Who lets the wine as a mocker shineR
Stagnated in the bowlL
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And he stabbed his pen in the ink againB
And wrote with a writhing frownS
'This is the end ' 'And now my friendT
You may print it upside down '-

James Whitcomb Riley



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