The Spoilsport Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HGHG IJIJ AGCG| My familiar ghost again | A |
| Comes to see what he can see | B |
| Critic son of Conscious Brain | C |
| Spying on our privacy | B |
| - | |
| Slam the window bolt the door | D |
| Yet he'll enter in and stay | E |
| In tomorrow's book he'll score | D |
| Indiscretions of today | E |
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| Whispered love and muttered fears | F |
| How their echoes fly about | G |
| None escape his watchful ears | F |
| Every sigh might be a shout | G |
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| No kind words nor angry cries | H |
| Turn away this grim spoilsport | G |
| No fine lady's pleading eyes | H |
| Neither love nor hate nor port | G |
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| Critics wears no smile of fun | I |
| Speaks no word of blame nor praise | J |
| Counts our kisses one by one | I |
| Notes each gesture every phrase | J |
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| My familiar ghost again | A |
| Stands or squats where suits him best | G |
| Critic son of Conscious Brain | C |
| Listens watches takes no rest | G |
Robert Graves
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