My Masters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNOOOf Poetry I've been accused | A |
But much more often I have not | B |
Oh I have been so much amused | A |
By those who've put me on the spot | B |
And measured me by rules above | C |
Those I observe with equal love | C |
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An artisan of verse am I | D |
Of simple sense and humble tone | E |
My Thesaurus is handy by | D |
A rhyming lexicon I own | E |
Without them I am ill at ease | F |
What bards would use such aids as these | F |
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Bad poets make good verse they say | G |
The Great have not distained to woo | H |
The modest muse of every day | G |
Read Longfellow and Byron through | H |
The fabric test much verse you'll see | I |
Compared with what is poetry | I |
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Small blame one cannot always soar | J |
To heights of hyaline sublime | K |
Melodious prose one must deplore | J |
And fetters of rebellious rhyme | K |
Keats Browning that's another tale | L |
But even Giants fail and fail | L |
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I've worshipped Ryley Harte and Field | M |
And though their minstrelsy I lack | N |
To them heart homage here I yield | M |
And follow with my verseman's pack | N |
To them with gratitude I look | O |
For briefing me to make this book | O |
Robert Service
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