Punctuality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ K ELEL| Man Naturally loves delay | A |
| And to procrastinate | B |
| Business put off from day to day | A |
| Is always done to late | B |
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| Let ever hour be in its place | C |
| Firm fixed nor loosely shift | D |
| And well enjoy the vacant space | C |
| As though a birthday gift | D |
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| And when the hour arrives be there | E |
| Where'er that there may be | F |
| Uncleanly hands or ruffled hair | E |
| Let no one ever see | F |
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| If dinner at half past be placed | G |
| At half past then be dressed | H |
| If at a quarter past make haste | G |
| To be down with the rest | H |
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| Better to be before you time | I |
| Than e're to be behind | J |
| To open the door while strikes the chime | I |
| That shows a punctual mind | J |
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| Moral | K |
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| Let punctuality and care | E |
| Seize every flitting hour | L |
| So shalt thou cull a floweret fair | E |
| E'en from a fading flower | L |
Lewis Carroll
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