The Record Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ACECCFCF GHGHIJKJ ADADFLFLFearing that she might go one day | A |
With some fine fellow of her choice | B |
I called her from her childish play | A |
And made a record of her voice | B |
And now that she is truly gone | C |
I hear it sweet and crystal clear | D |
From out my wheezy gramophone | C |
I love you Daddy dear | D |
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Indeed it's true she went away | A |
But Oh she went all all alone | C |
Into the dark she went for aye | E |
Poor little mite ere girlhood grown | C |
Ah that I could with her have gone | C |
But this is all I have to show | F |
A ghost voice on a gramophone | C |
Dear Dad I love you so | F |
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The saddest part of loss 'tis said | G |
Is that time tempers our regret | H |
But that is treason to the dead | G |
I'll not forget I'll not forget | H |
Sole souvenir of golden years | I |
'Twas best to break this disc in two | J |
And spare myself a spate of tears | K |
But this I cannot do | J |
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So I will play it every day | A |
And it will seem that she is near | D |
And once again I'll hear her say | A |
I love you so Oh Daddy dear | D |
And then her kiss a stab of woe | F |
The record ends I breathe a plea | L |
Oh God speed me to where I know | F |
Wee lass you wait for me | L |
Robert Service
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