Class-mates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLKMNONO| Bob Briggs went in for Government | A |
| And helps to run the State | B |
| Some day they say he'll represent | C |
| His party in debate | B |
| But with punk politics his job | D |
| I do not envy Bob | D |
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| Jim Jones went in for writing books | E |
| Best sellers were his aim | F |
| He's ten years younger than he looks | E |
| And licks the heels of Fame | F |
| Though shop girls make a fuss of him | G |
| I do not envy Jim | G |
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| Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold | H |
| And grovelled in the dirt | I |
| He too looks prematurely old | H |
| His gastric ulcers hurt | I |
| Although he has a heap of dough | J |
| I do not envy Joe | J |
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| I've neither fame nor power nor wealth | K |
| I fish and hunt for food | L |
| But I have heaps of rugged health | K |
| And life seems mighty good | M |
| So when my class mates come to spend | N |
| A week end in my shack | O |
| With lake and wood at journey's end | N |
| They envy Jack | O |
Robert William Service
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