Privacy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFE GFFFFHFH IHFHFHJH FFFFKEFE| Oh you who are shy of the popular eye | A |
| Though most of us seek to survive it | B |
| Just think of the goldfish who wanted to die | A |
| Because she could never be private | C |
| There are pebbles and reeds for aquarium needs | D |
| Of eel and of pike who are bold fish | E |
| But who gives a thought to a sheltering spot | F |
| For the sensitive soul of a goldfish | E |
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| So the poor little thing swam around in a ring | G |
| In a globe of a crystalline crudity | F |
| Swam round and swam round but no refuge she found | F |
| From the public display of her nudity | F |
| No weedy retreat for a cloister discreet | F |
| From the eye of the mob to exempt her | H |
| Can you wonder she paled and her appetite failed | F |
| Till even a fly couldn't tempt her | H |
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| I watched with dismay as she faded away | I |
| Each day she grew slimmer and slimmer | H |
| From an amber hat burned to a silver she turned | F |
| Then swiftly was dimmer and dimmer | H |
| No longer she gleamed like a spectre she seemed | F |
| One morning I anxiously sought her | H |
| I only could stare she no longer was there | J |
| She'd simply dissolved in the water | H |
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| So when you behold bright fishes of gold | F |
| In globes of immaculate purity | F |
| Just think how they'd be more contented and free | F |
| If you gave them a little obscurity | F |
| And you who make laws get busy because | K |
| You can brighten he lives of untold fish | E |
| If its sadness you note and a measure promote | F |
| To Ensure Private Life For The Goldfish | E |
Robert Service
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