Lost Kitten Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKHKH LMLMNONO FBFBPQPQ| Two men I saw reel from a bar | A |
| And stumble down the street | B |
| Coarse and uncouth as workmen are | A |
| They walked with wobbly feet | B |
| I watched them thinking sadly as | C |
| I heard their hobnails clink | D |
| The only joy a toiler has | C |
| Is to get drowned in drink | D |
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| A kitten on a wall | E |
| A skinny starving stray | F |
| It looked so pitifully small | E |
| A fluff of silver grey | F |
| One of the men came to a stand | G |
| A kindly chap was he | H |
| For with a huge and horny hand | G |
| He stroked it tenderly | H |
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| With wistful hope it gazed at him | I |
| And arched a spine of fur | J |
| It licked his hand so grimy grim | I |
| And feebly tried to purr | J |
| And then it climbed upon his chest | K |
| And to his drunken glee | H |
| Upon his shoulder came to rest | K |
| Contented as could be | H |
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| The other fellow with a jeer | L |
| Made feint to dash it down | M |
| but as it shrank with sudden fear | L |
| I saw the first one frown | M |
| And then I heard him coarsely cry | N |
| Have care for what you do | O |
| Just harm a hair of it and I | N |
| Will twist my knife in you | O |
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| So there they stood like brutes at bay | F |
| Their blood at fighting heat | B |
| And snarling at each other they | F |
| Went weaving down the street | B |
| Leaving the kitten all alone | P |
| Upon its stony shelf | Q |
| And as I haven't heart of stone | P |
| I took it home myself | Q |
Robert Service
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