Hobo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIHI DDADJKLK MNMNOPOP| A father's pride I used to know | A |
| A mother's love was mine | B |
| For swinish husks I let them go | A |
| And bedded with the swine | B |
| Since then I've come on evil days | C |
| And most of life is hell | D |
| But even swine have winsome ways | C |
| When once you know them well | D |
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| One time I guessed I'd cease to roam | E |
| And greet the folks again | F |
| And so I rode the rods to home | E |
| And through the window pane | G |
| I saw them weary worn and grey | H |
| I gazed from the garden gloom | I |
| And like sweet shiny saints were they | H |
| Int taht sweet shiny room | I |
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| D'ye think I hollored out Hullo | D |
| The prodigal to play | D |
| And eat the fatted calf Ah no | A |
| I cursed and ran away | D |
| My eyes were blears of whisky tears | J |
| As to a pub I ran | K |
| But once at least I beat the beast | L |
| And proved myself a man | K |
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| Oh some day I am going back | M |
| But I'll have gold galore | N |
| I'll wear a suit of sobber black | M |
| And knock upon the door | N |
| I'l tell them how I've made a stake | O |
| We'll have the grandest time | P |
| Say Mister give a guy a break | O |
| For Chrissake spare a dime | P |
Robert Service
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