The Joyous Malingerer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEBBDD BBFFGG BB| Who is the happy husband Why indeed | A |
| 'Tis he who's useless in the time of need | A |
| Who asked to unclasp a bracelet or a neckless | B |
| Contrives to be utterly futile fumbling feckless | B |
| Or when a zipper nips his loved one's back | C |
| Cannot restore the zipper to its track | C |
| Another time not wishing to be flayed | D |
| She will not use him as a lady's maid | D |
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| Stove wise he's the perpetual backward learner | E |
| Who can't turn on or off the proper burner | E |
| If faced with washing up he never gripes | B |
| But simply drops more dishes than he wipes | B |
| She finds his absence preferable to his aid | D |
| And thus all mealtime chores doth he evade | D |
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| He can attempting to replace a fuse | B |
| Black out the coast from Boston to Newport News | B |
| Or hanging pictures be the rookie wizard | F |
| Who fills the parlor with a plaster blizzard | F |
| He'll not again be called to competition | G |
| With decorator or with electrician | G |
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| At last it dawns upon his patient spouse | B |
| He's better at his desk than round the house | B |
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