Finnigan's Finish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH JHJHKLKL| They thought I'd be a champion | A |
| They boasted loud of me | B |
| A dozen victories I'd won | A |
| The Press was proud of me | B |
| I saw myself with glory crowned | C |
| And would beyond a doubt | D |
| Till last night in the second round | C |
| A Dago knocked me out | D |
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| It must have been an accident | E |
| I cannot understand | F |
| For I was so damn confident | E |
| I'd lick him with one hand | F |
| I bounded in the ring to cheers | G |
| I panted for the fray | H |
| Ten minutes more with hoots and jeers | I |
| They bore me limp away | H |
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| I will not have the nerve to face | J |
| The sporting mob today | H |
| The doll I fell for my disgrace | J |
| Will feel and fade away | H |
| Last night upon the brink of fame | K |
| No favour did I lack | L |
| Tomorrow from the sink of shame | K |
| I'll beg my old job back | L |
Robert Service
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