The Cripple Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGEGHH| He totters round and dangles those odd shapes | A |
| That were his legs His eyes are never dim | B |
| He brags about his fame between the tapes | A |
| And laughs the loudest when they laugh at him | B |
| Amid the fights of snow he takes a hand | C |
| Accepts his small defeats and with a smile | D |
| He rises from the ground and makes his stand | C |
| With clumsiness but battles hard the while | D |
| So quick to see the pain in fellow men | E |
| He chides them yea and laughs them into | F |
| youth | G |
| and yet when death was near to one twas then | E |
| about his kindly heart we learnt the truth | G |
| since nowadays of cheer there is a dearth | H |
| Twas smiles or tears and he chose the mirth | H |
Leon Gellert
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