The Shoemaker Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH DIDIJKLK MLMLNONO DPOPQRQR| Thou Poet who like any lark | A |
| Dost whet thy beak and trill | B |
| From misty morn till murky dark | A |
| Nor ever pipe thy fill | B |
| Hast thou not in thy cheery note | C |
| One poor chirp to confer | D |
| One verseful twitter to devote | C |
| Unto the Shoe ma ker | D |
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| At early dawn he doth peg in | E |
| His noble work and brave | F |
| And eke from cark and wordly sin | E |
| He seeketh soles to save | F |
| And all day long with quip and song | G |
| Thus stitcheth he the way | H |
| Our feet may know the right from wrong | G |
| Nor ever go a stray | H |
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| Soak kip in mind the Shoe ma ker | D |
| Nor slight his lasting fame | I |
| Alway he waxeth tenderer | D |
| In warmth of our acclaim | I |
| Aye more than any artisan | J |
| We glory in his art | K |
| Who ne'er to help the under man | L |
| Neglects the upper part | K |
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| But toe the mark for him and heel | M |
| Respond to thee in kine | L |
| Or kid or calf shouldst thou reveal | M |
| A taste so superfine | L |
| Thus let him jest join in his laugh | N |
| Draw on his stock and be | O |
| A shoer'd there's no rival half | N |
| Sole liberal as he | O |
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| Then Poet hail the Shoe ma ker | D |
| For all his goodly deeds | P |
| Yea bless him free for booting thee | O |
| The first of all thy needs | P |
| And when at last his eyes grow dim | Q |
| And nerveless drops his clamp | R |
| In golden shoon pray think of him | Q |
| Upon his latest tramp | R |
James Whitcomb Riley
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