Anti-profanity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BABAEFGF HCHCICIC| I do not swear because I am | A |
| A sweet and sober guy | B |
| I cannot vent a single damn | A |
| However hard I try | B |
| And in viruperative way | C |
| Though I recall it well | D |
| I never never never say | C |
| A naughty word like hell | D |
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| To rouse my wrath you need not try | B |
| I'm milder than a lamb | A |
| However you may rile me I | B |
| Refuse to say Goddam | A |
| In circumstances fury fraught | E |
| My tongue is always civil | F |
| And though you goad me I will not | G |
| Consign you to the divvle | F |
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| An no I never never swear | H |
| Profanity don't pay | C |
| To cuss won't get you anywhere | H |
| And neither will to pray | C |
| And so all blasphemy I stem | I |
| When milk of kindness curds | C |
| But though I never utter them | I |
| Gosh how I know the words | C |
Robert Service
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