Annuitant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKBEBE| Oh I am neither rich nor poor | A |
| No worker I dispoil | B |
| Yet I am glad to be secure | C |
| From servitude and toil | B |
| For with my lifelong savings I | D |
| Have bought annuity | E |
| And so unto the day I die | D |
| I'll have my toast and tea | E |
| - | |
| When on the hob the kettle sings | F |
| I'll make an amber brew | G |
| And crunch my toast and think of things | F |
| I do not have to do | G |
| In dressing gown and deep arm chair | H |
| I'll give the fire a poke | I |
| Then worlds away from cark and care | H |
| I'll smoke and smoke and smoke | I |
| - | |
| For I believe the very best | J |
| Of Being is the last | K |
| And I will crown with silver zest | J |
| My patience in the past | K |
| Since compensation is the law | B |
| Of life it's up to me | E |
| To round the century and draw | B |
| My Life Annuity | E |
Robert William Service
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