The Reckoning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD C EEFFCD C GGHHCD C| It's fine to have a blow out in a fancy restaurant | A |
| With terrapin and canvas back and all the wine you want | A |
| To enjoy the flowers and music watch the pretty women pass | B |
| Smoke a choice cigar and sip the wealthy water in your glass | B |
| It's bully in a high toned joint to eat and drink your fill | C |
| But it's quite another matter when you | D |
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| Pay the bill | C |
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| It's great to go out every night on fun or pleasure bent | E |
| To wear your glad rags always and to never save a cent | E |
| To drift along regardless have a good time every trip | F |
| To hit the high spots sometimes and to let your chances slip | F |
| To know you're acting foolish yet to go on fooling still | C |
| Till Nature calls a show down and you | D |
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| Pay the bill | C |
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| Time has got a little bill get wise while yet you may | G |
| For the debit side's increasing in a most alarming way | G |
| The things you had no right to do the things you should have done | H |
| They're all put down it's up to you to pay for every one | H |
| So eat drink and be merry have a good time if you will | C |
| But God help you when the time comes and you | D |
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| Foot the bill | C |
Robert Service
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