Dumb Swede Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IFIFJKJK ECECLMLMWith barbwire hooch they filled him full | A |
Till he was drunker than all hell | B |
And then they peddled him the bull | A |
About a claim they had to sell | B |
A thousand bucks they made him pay | C |
Knowing that he had nothing more | D |
And when he begged it back next day | C |
And wept they kicked him from the door | D |
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They reckoned they were mighty slick | E |
Them two tinhorns from Idaho | F |
That poor dumb Swede could swing a pick | E |
but that was all he'd ever know | F |
So sitting in a poker game | G |
They lost the price for which they sold | H |
To that bonehead a poor dud claim | G |
That didn't have a speck of gold | H |
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My story's true as gospel creed | I |
Of these bright boys from Idaho | F |
They made a sucker of that Swede | I |
And laughed to see the poor boob go | F |
And work like nigger on his ground | J |
Bucked by the courage of despair | K |
Till lo A rich pay streak he found | J |
That made him twice a millionaire | K |
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So two smart Alecs mighty sick | E |
Begged jobs at fifteen bucks a day | C |
Then said the Swede Give each a pick | E |
And let them sweat to make their pay | C |
And though he don't know what it means | L |
Folks call that Swede magnanimous | M |
But picking nuggets big as beans | L |
you oughta' hear them fellers cuss | M |
Robert Service
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