Pullman Porter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHI JJKKLLMM NNDDBBKK BBOOKKKK| The 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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