Death Of A Cockroach Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFEFGG HAHAII CJCJKL BABAMM| I opened wide the bath room door | A |
| And all at once switched on the light | B |
| When moving swift across the floor | A |
| I saw a streak of ebon bright | B |
| Then quick with slipper in my hand | C |
| Before it could escape I slammed | D |
| I missed it once I missed it twice | E |
| But got it ere it gained its lair | F |
| I fear my words were far from nice | E |
| Though d s with me are rather rare | F |
| Then lo I thought that dying roach | G |
| Regarded me with some reproach | G |
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| Said I Don't think I grudge you breath | H |
| I hate to spill your greenish gore | A |
| But why did you invite your death | H |
| By straying on my bath room floor | A |
| It is because said he or she | I |
| Adventure is my destiny | I |
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| By evolution I was planned | C |
| And marvellously made as you | J |
| And I am led to understand | C |
| The selfsame God conceived us two | J |
| Sire though the coup de gr acirc ce you give | K |
| Even a roach has right to live | L |
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| Said I Of course you have a right | B |
| But not to blot my bath room floor | A |
| Yet though with slipper I may smite | B |
| Your doom I morally deplore | A |
| From cellar gloom to stellar space | M |
| Let bards and beetles have their place | M |
Robert William Service
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