Humility Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED DFDFGHGH FIFIJKJK LALAMFMF| I met upon a narrow way | A |
| Dead weary from his toil | B |
| A fellow warped and gnarled and grey | A |
| Who reeked of sweat and soil | B |
| His rags were readyful to rot | C |
| His eyes were dreary dim | D |
| Yet yet I had the humble thought | E |
| To raise my hat to him | D |
| - | |
| For thinks I It's the likes of him | D |
| That makes the likes of me | F |
| With horny hand and lagging limb | D |
| He slaves to keep me free | F |
| That I may have a golden time | G |
| And praise the Lord on high | H |
| Life grinds into the bloody grime | G |
| A better man than I | H |
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| Yet if in sheer humility | F |
| I yield this yokel place | I |
| Will he not think it mockery | F |
| And spit into my face | I |
| Saying How can you care a damn | J |
| As now my way you bar | K |
| When it's because of what I am | J |
| You Sir are what you are | K |
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| But no he did not speak like that | L |
| Nor homage did I pay | A |
| I did not lift my bowler hat | L |
| To greet his common clay | A |
| Instead he made me feel an ass | M |
| As most respectfully | F |
| He stepped aside to let me pass | M |
| And raised his cap to ME | F |
Robert Service
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