A Bachelor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EFEFGG H H II| 'Why keep a cow when I can buy ' | A |
| Said he 'the milk I need ' | A |
| I wanted to spit in his eye | B |
| Of selfishness and greed | C |
| But did not for the reason he | D |
| Was stronger than I be | D |
| - | |
| I told him ''Tis our human fate | E |
| For better or for worse | F |
| That man and maid should love and mate | E |
| And little children nurse | F |
| Of course if you are less than man | G |
| You can't do what we can | G |
| - | |
| 'So many loving maids would wed | H |
| And wondrous mothers be ' | - |
| 'I'll buy the love I want ' he said | H |
| 'No squally brats for me ' | - |
| I hope the devil stoketh well | I |
| For him a special hell | I |
Robert William Service
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