The Key Of The Street Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBB CCCDDD EEEFFF GGHIII JJJKKK LLL MMMM| Miss Rosemary I dourly said | A |
| Our balance verges on the red | A |
| We must cut down our overhead | A |
| One of the staff will have to go | B |
| There's Mister Jones he's mighty slow | B |
| Although he does his best I know | B |
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| A deer old man I like him well | C |
| But age alas will always tell | C |
| Miss Rosemary please ring the bell | C |
| And tell old Jones to step this way | D |
| Oh dear oh dear it isn't gay | D |
| To say the things I have to say | D |
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| Come in and sit down Mister Jones | E |
| He thanks me in sepulchral tones | E |
| Poor chap I hear his creaking bones | E |
| Have a cigar And how's your wife | F |
| What's that You're fearing for her life | F |
| A cancer and the surgeon's knife | F |
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| Yes operations are so dear | G |
| But it's your comfort and your cheer | G |
| To know your job's so steady here | H |
| These are his words so meek and mild | I |
| He looks just like a simple child | I |
| Go darn it Suddenly I'm riled | I |
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| And so I say That's just too bad | J |
| But Mister Jones it's very sad | J |
| You know what losses we have had | J |
| We must cut down in times like these | K |
| So here's a cheque Oh take it please | K |
| 'Twill help to pay your doctor's fees | K |
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| And just to show how I appraise | L |
| Your work despite these doleful days | L |
| I'm giving you a little raise | L |
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| Said Rosemary Old Jones is crying | M |
| Thought I Yes each week I'll be sighing | M |
| When from my pocket I am prying | M |
| Ten bucks to keep his wife from dying | M |
Robert Service
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