The Shorter Catechism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF GHGHIJKJ LJLJDEDE| I burned my fingers on the stove | A |
| And wept with bitterness | B |
| But poor old Auntie Maggie strove | A |
| To comfort my distress | C |
| Said she 'Think lassie how you'll burn | D |
| Like any wicked besom | E |
| In fires of hell if you don't learn | D |
| Your Shorter Catechism ' | F |
| - | |
| A man's chief end is it began | G |
| No mention of a woman's | H |
| To glorify I think it ran | G |
| The God who made poor humans | H |
| And as I learned I thought if this | I |
| My distaste growing stronger | J |
| The Shorter Catechism is | K |
| Lord save us from the longer | J |
| - | |
| The years have passed and I begin | L |
| Although I'm far from clever | J |
| To doubt if when we die in sin | L |
| Our bodies grill forever | J |
| Now I've more surface space to burn | D |
| Since I am tall and lissom | E |
| I think it's hell enough to learn | D |
| The Shorter Catechism | E |
Robert Service
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