Cardiac Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHIHJJ DEDEC| A 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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