Class-mates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLKMNONOBob Briggs went in for Government | A |
And helps to run the State | B |
Some day they say he'll represent | C |
His party in debate | B |
But with punk politics his job | D |
I do not envy Bob | D |
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Jim Jones went in for writing books | E |
Best sellers were his aim | F |
He's ten years younger than he looks | E |
And licks the heels of Fame | F |
Though shop girls make a fuss of him | G |
I do not envy Jim | G |
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Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold | H |
And grovelled in the dirt | I |
He too looks prematurely old | H |
His gastric ulcers hurt | I |
Although he has a heap of dough | J |
I do not envy Joe | J |
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I've neither fame nor power nor wealth | K |
I fish and hunt for food | L |
But I have heaps of rugged health | K |
And life seems mighty good | M |
So when my class mates come to spend | N |
A week end in my shack | O |
With lake and wood at journey's end | N |
They envy Jack | O |
Robert Service
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