The Health-food Diner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFGF HEIE JKEK LMNM OPQP| The Health Food Diner | A |
| No sprouted wheat and soya shoots | B |
| And Brussels in a cake | C |
| Carrot straw and spinach raw | D |
| Today I need a steak | C |
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| Not thick brown rice and rice pilaw | E |
| Or mushrooms creamed on toast | F |
| Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed | G |
| I'm dreaming of a roast | F |
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| Health food folks around the world | H |
| Are thinned by anxious zeal | E |
| They look for help in seafood kelp | I |
| I count on breaded veal | E |
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| No smoking signs raw mustard greens | J |
| Zucchini by the ton | K |
| Uncooked kale and bodies frail | E |
| Are sure to make me run | K |
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| to | - |
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| Loins of pork and chicken thighs | L |
| And standing rib so prime | M |
| Pork chops brown and fresh ground round | N |
| I crave them all the time | M |
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| Irish stews and boiled corned beef | O |
| and hot dogs by the scores | P |
| or any place that saves a space | Q |
| For smoking carnivores | P |
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