The Search Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHGHDIFI IJIJKDKF| Happiness a roving round | A |
| For a sweet abiding place | B |
| In a stately palace found | A |
| Symmetry and gilded grace | B |
| Courtliness and table cheer | C |
| All that chimes with evening dress | D |
| I could never stick it here | E |
| Swift decided Happiness | F |
| - | |
| Happiness a seeking still | G |
| In a mansion of the town | H |
| Comfort crammed to overspill | G |
| Sought in vain to settle down | H |
| Every nook strained to express | D |
| Opulent prosperity | I |
| But Alas said Happiness | F |
| This is not my cup of tea | I |
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| In a cottage by the sea | I |
| Most monastically bare | J |
| Happiness peered wistfully | I |
| And he spied me waiting there | J |
| Stay said I No need to roam | K |
| Though no riches I possess | D |
| Squat and make yourself at home | K |
| Say that's swell said Happiness | F |
Robert Service
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