Poor Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HDID CJCJ'A man should write to please himself ' | A |
He proudly said | B |
Well see his poems on the shelf | C |
Dusty unread | B |
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When he came to my shop each day | D |
So peaked and cold | E |
I'd sneak one of his books away | D |
And say 'twas sold | E |
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And then by chance he looked below | F |
And saw a stack | G |
Of his own work speechless with woe | F |
He came not back | G |
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I hate to think he took to drink | H |
And passed away | D |
I have not heard of him a word | I |
Unto this day | D |
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A man must write to please himself | C |
Of all it's true | J |
But happy they who spurning pelf | C |
Please people too | J |
Robert Service
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