I Have Some Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB AEFEGE AHIHBH AJJKJ LMNMOMI have some friends some worthy friends | A |
And worthy friends are rare | B |
These carpet slippers on my feet | C |
That padded leather chair | B |
This old and shabby dressing gown | D |
So well the worse of wear | B |
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I have some friends some honest friends | A |
And honest friends are few | E |
My pipe of briar my open fire | F |
A book that's not too new | E |
My bed so warm the nights of storm | G |
I love to listen to | E |
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I have some friends some good good friends | A |
Who faithful are to me | H |
My wrestling partner when I rise | I |
The big and burly sea | H |
My little boat that's riding there | B |
So saucy and so free | H |
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I have some friends some golden friends | A |
Whose worth will not decline | J |
A tawny Irish terrier a purple shading pine | J |
A little red roofed cottage that | K |
So proudly I call mine | J |
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All other friends may come and go | L |
All other friendships fail | M |
But these the friends I've worked to win | N |
Oh they will never stale | M |
And comfort me till Time shall write | O |
The finish to my tale | M |
Robert Service
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