Pullman Porter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHI JJKKLLMM NNDDBBKK BBOOKKKKThe porter in the Pullman car | A |
Was charming as they sometimes are | A |
He scanned my baggage tags Are you | B |
The man who wrote of Lady Lou | B |
When I said yes he made a fuss | C |
Oh he was most assiduous | C |
And I was pleased to think that he | D |
Enjoyed my brand of poetry | D |
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He was forever at my call | E |
So when we got to Montreal | E |
And he had brushed me off I said | F |
I'm glad my poems you have read | F |
I feel quite flattered I confess | G |
And if you give me your address | G |
I'll send you autographed of course | H |
One of my little books of verse | I |
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He smiled his teeth were white as milk | J |
He spoke his voice was soft as silk | J |
I recognized depite his skin | K |
The perfect gentleman within | K |
Then courteously he made reply | L |
I thank you kindly Sir but I | L |
With many other cherished tome | M |
Have all your books of verse at home | M |
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When I was quite a little boy | N |
I used to savour them with joy | N |
And now my daughter aged three | D |
Can tell the tale of Sam McGee | D |
While Tom my son that's only two | B |
Has heard the yarn of Dan McGrew | B |
Don't think your stuff I'm not applaudin' | K |
My taste is Eliot and Auden | K |
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So we gravely bade adieu | B |
I felt quite snubbed and so would you | B |
And yet I shook him by the hand | O |
Impressed that he could understand | O |
The works of those two tops I mention | K |
So far beyond my comprehension | K |
A humble bard of boys and barmen | K |
Disdained alas by Pullman carmen | K |
Robert Service
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