Cardiac Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHIHJJ DEDECA mattock high he swung | A |
I watched him at his toil | B |
With never gulp of lung | A |
He gashed the ruddy soil | B |
Thought I I'd give my wealth | C |
To have his health | C |
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With fortune I would part | D |
And privilege resign | E |
Could I but have his heart | D |
And he have mine | E |
Then suddenly I knew | F |
My wish was true | F |
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Like him I swung with awe | G |
He marked my steady breath | H |
Then suddenly I saw | I |
That he was sick to death | H |
My heart in him was frail | J |
And seemed to fail | J |
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Said I 'Take back your heart | D |
And I will bear with mine | E |
Poor lad All wealth apart | D |
'Tis murder I design | E |
Not all a Nabob's wealth | C |
Is worth your health ' | - |
Robert William Service
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