Will Consider Situation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDECFGFHIHJBCBKI KLCCMNNIOOPHQH| There here are words of radical advice for a young man looking for a job | A |
| Young man be a snob | A |
| Yes if you are in search of arguments against starting at the bottom | B |
| Why I've gottem | B |
| Let the personnel managers differ | C |
| It s obvious that you will get on faster at the top than at the bottom because | D |
| there are more people at the bottom than at the top so naturally the competition | E |
| at the bottom is stiffer | C |
| If you need any further proof that my theory works | F |
| Well nobody can deny that presidents get paid more than vice presidents and | G |
| vice presidents get paid more than clerks | F |
| Stop looking at me quizzically | H |
| I want to add that you will never achieve fortune in a job that makes you | I |
| uncomfortable physically | H |
| When anybody tells you that hard jobs are better for you than soft jobs be sure | J |
| to repeat this text to them | B |
| Postmen tramp around all day through rain and snow just to deliver other | C |
| people's in cozy air conditioned offices checks to them | B |
| You don't need to interpret tea leaves stuck in a cup | K |
| To understand that people who work sitting down get paid more than people who | I |
| work standing up | K |
| Another thing about having a comfortable job is you not only accommodate more | L |
| treasure | C |
| You get more leisure | C |
| So that when you find you have worked so comfortably that your waistline is a | M |
| menace | N |
| You correct it with golf or tennis | N |
| Whereas is in an uncomfortable job like piano moving or stevedoring you | I |
| indulge | O |
| You have no time to exercise you just continue to bulge | O |
| To sum it up young man there is every reason to refuse a job that will make | P |
| heavy demands on you corporally or manually | H |
| And the only intelligent way to start your career is to accept a sitting | Q |
| position paying at least twenty five thousand dollars annually | H |
Ogden Nash
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