Wistful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLM NNOOPPCCOh how I'd be gay and glad | A |
If a little house I had | A |
Snuggled in a shady lot | B |
With behind a garden plot | B |
Simple grub old duds to wear | C |
A book a pipe a rocking chair | C |
You would never hear me grouse | D |
If I had a little house | D |
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Oh if I had just enough | E |
Dough to buy the needful stuff | E |
Milk and porridge toast and tea | F |
How contented I would be | F |
You could have your cake and wine | G |
I on cabbage soup would dine | G |
Joking to the journey's end | H |
Had I just enough to spend | H |
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Oh had I no boss to please | I |
I'd give thanks on bended knees | I |
Could I to myself belong | J |
I would fill the day with song | J |
Freedom's crust is sweeter far | K |
Than control and caviar | K |
How my ragged hat I'd toss | L |
If I didn't have a boss | M |
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So you may see my point of view | N |
But there's nothing I can do | N |
Oh the weariness of work | O |
Duties that I may not shirk | O |
Though simplicity I crave | P |
I must go down to my grave | P |
Bossed by bullion crossed by care | C |
Just a poor damn millionaire | C |
Robert Service
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