Take It Easy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDHDIJIJKDLD| When I was boxing in the ring | A |
| In 'Frisco back in ninety seven | B |
| I used to make five bucks a fling | A |
| To give as good as I was given | B |
| But when I felt too fighting gay | C |
| And tried to be a dinger donger | D |
| My second Mike Muldoon would say | C |
| Go easy kid you'll stay the longer | D |
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| When I was on the Yukon trail | E |
| The boys would warn when things were bleakest | F |
| The weakest link's the one to fail | E |
| Said I by Gosh I won't be weakest | F |
| So I would strain with might and main | G |
| Striving to prove I was the stronger | D |
| Till Sourdough Sam would snap Goddam | H |
| Go easy son you'' last the longer | D |
| So all you lads of eighty odd | I |
| Take my advice you'll never rue it | J |
| Be quite prepared to meet your God | I |
| But don't stampede yourselves to do it | J |
| Just cultivate a sober gait | K |
| Don't emulate the lively conger | D |
| No need to race slow down the pace | L |
| Go easy Pals you'll linger longer | D |
Robert Service
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