Contrast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHGIJIJ KLKLMNMN OGOGPGPG| Carry your suitcase Sir he said | A |
| I turned away to hide a grin | B |
| For he was shorter by a head | A |
| Than I and pitiably thin | B |
| I could have made a pair of him | C |
| So with my load I stoutly legged | D |
| But his tenacity was grim | C |
| Please let me help you sir he begged | E |
| - | |
| I could not shake the fellow off | F |
| So let him shoulder my valise | G |
| He tottered with a racking cough | H |
| That did not give him any peace | G |
| He lagged so limply in my wake | I |
| I made him put the burden down | J |
| Saying A taxi I will take | I |
| And grimly gave him half a crown | J |
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| Poor devil I am sure he had | K |
| Not eaten anything that day | L |
| His eyes so hungrily were glad | K |
| Although his lips were ashen grey | L |
| He vanished in the callous crowd | M |
| Then when he was no more around | N |
| I lugged my bag and thought aloud | M |
| I wish I'd given him a pound | N |
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| And strangely I felt sore ashamed | O |
| As if somehow I had lost face | G |
| And not only myself I blamed | O |
| But all the blasted human race | G |
| And all this life of battle where | P |
| The poor are beaten to their knees | G |
| And while the weak the burdens bear | P |
| Fat fools like me can stroll at ease | G |
Robert Service
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