Four-foot Shelf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE F G HIJI KLKLMNMN| 'Come see ' said he 'my four foot shelf | A |
| A forty volume row | B |
| And every one I wrote myself | A |
| But that of course you know ' | C |
| I stared I searched a memory dim | D |
| For though an author too | E |
| Somehow I'd never heard of him | D |
| None of his books I knew | E |
| - | |
| Said I 'I'd like to borrow one | F |
| Fond memories to recall ' | - |
| Said he 'I'll gladly give you some | G |
| And autograph them all ' | - |
| And so a dozen books he brought | H |
| And signed tome after tome | I |
| Of course I thanked him quite a lot | J |
| And took them home | I |
| - | |
| So now I have to read his work | K |
| Though dry as dust it be | L |
| No portion of it may I shirk | K |
| Lest he should question me | L |
| This tale is true although it looks | M |
| To me a bloody shame | N |
| A guy could father forty books | M |
| yet no one know his name | N |
Robert Service
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