The Buyers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCD EF FGBG HIHIJBJ KGKGLBLLB| Father drank himself to death | A |
| Quite enjoyed it | B |
| Urged to draw a sober breath | A |
| He'd avoid it | B |
| 'Save your sympathy ' said Dad | C |
| 'Never sought it | B |
| Hob nail liver gay and glad | C |
| Sure I bought it ' | D |
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| Uncle made a heap of dough | E |
| Ponies playing | F |
| 'Easy come and easy go ' | - |
| Was his saying | F |
| Though he died in poverty | G |
| Fit he thought it | B |
| Grinning with philosophy | G |
| 'Guess I bought it ' | - |
| - | |
| Auntie took the way of sin | H |
| Seeking pleasure | I |
| Lovers came her heart to win | H |
| Bringing treasure | I |
| Sickness smote with lips that bled | J |
| Brave she fought it | B |
| Smiling on her dying bed | J |
| 'Dears I bought it ' | - |
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| My decades of life are run | K |
| Eight precisely | G |
| Yet I've lost a lot of fun | K |
| Living wisely | G |
| Too much piety don't pay | L |
| Time has taught it | B |
| Hadn't guts to go astray | L |
| Life's a bloody bore today | L |
| Well I've bought it | B |
Robert Service
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