Perfection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DBDBEFGF HIHJEDED| If I could practise what I preach | A |
| Of fellows there would few be finer | B |
| If I were true to what I teach | A |
| My life would be a lot diviner | B |
| If I would act the way I speak | C |
| Of halo I might be a winner | B |
| The spirit wills the flesh is weak | C |
| I'm just a simple sinner | B |
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| Six days I stray on number seven | D |
| I try to be a little better | B |
| And stake a tiny claim on Heaven | D |
| By clinging close to gospel letter | B |
| My pew I occupy on Sunday | E |
| And though I draw the line at snoring | F |
| I must admit I long for Monday | G |
| And find the sermon boring | F |
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| Although from godly grace I fall | H |
| For sensed with sin my every act is | I |
| 'Twere better not to preach at all | H |
| Then I would have no need to practice | J |
| So Sabbath day I'll sneak away | E |
| And though the Church grieve my defection | D |
| In sunny woodland I will pray | E |
| God save us from Perfection | D |
Robert Service
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