I Don't Care Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFEGBHB IJCJKBLB MNMNOBPB QRSRTBUB LVWVDBLB XBCB| I don't care we hear it oft | A |
| And oft the words are seeming fair | B |
| But many a heartache lies beneath | C |
| A careless I don't care | B |
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| In every age from every tongue | D |
| The vain assertions fell | E |
| But oh trust not the cheating words | F |
| For never truth they tell | E |
| Hearts may grow sick with hope deferred | G |
| Be crushed with black despair | B |
| But lips too proud to own defeat | H |
| Will whisper I don't care | B |
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| A thoughtless friend flings out in jest | I |
| As jesters always do | J |
| A deadly shaft you wince beneath | C |
| You know the story's true | J |
| But while the dart has pierced your heart | K |
| And poisoned rankles there | B |
| You look amused and answer with | L |
| A smiling I don't care | B |
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| When Fortune's favors are withdrawn | M |
| And friends like shadows fled | N |
| When all your fondest dreams are gone | M |
| Your dearest hopes are dead | N |
| You curse the fickle goddess then | O |
| Who wrought you such despair | B |
| Yet hide chagrin beneath a frown | P |
| And mutter I don't care | B |
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| The veteran battle scarred who fills | Q |
| A nation's honored place | R |
| Feels keener than his saber's point | S |
| Unmerited disgrace | R |
| With indignation all aflame | T |
| He meets some rival's stare | B |
| But for all answer gives the worlds | U |
| A freezing I don't care | B |
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| A woman's heart is trifled with | L |
| Her hopes are ground to dust | V |
| Her proud soul humbled with neglect | W |
| Betrayed her sacred trust | V |
| Yet while to desperation stung | D |
| With death and ruin there | B |
| She'll crush the tears and cheat you with | L |
| A laughing I don't care | B |
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| I don't care 'tis but a breath | X |
| The words are seeming fair | B |
| But many a heartache lies beneath | C |
| A careless I don't care | B |
Madge Morris Wagner
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