Dunce Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL KMKNOPOQ| At school I never gained a prize | A |
| Proving myself the model ass | B |
| Yet how I watched the wistful eyes | A |
| And cheered my mates who topped the class | B |
| No envy in my heart I found | C |
| Yet bone was worthier to own | D |
| Those precious books in vellum bound | C |
| Than I a dreamer and a drone | D |
| - | |
| No prize at school I ever gained | E |
| Shirking my studies I suppose | F |
| Yes I remember being caned | E |
| For lack of love of Latin prose | F |
| For algebra I won no praise | G |
| In grammar I was far from bright | H |
| Yet oh how Poetry would raise | G |
| In me a rapture of delight | H |
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| I never gained a prize at school | I |
| The dullard's cap adorned my head | J |
| My masters wrote me down a fool | I |
| And yet I'm sorry they are dead | J |
| I'd like to go to them and say | K |
| Yours is indeed a tricky trade | L |
| My honoured classmates where are they | K |
| Yet I the dunce brave books have made | L |
| - | |
| Oh I am old and worn and grey | K |
| And maybe have not long to live | M |
| Yet 'tis my hope at some Prize Day | K |
| At my old school the Head will give | N |
| A tome or two of mine to crown | O |
| Some pupil's well deserved success | P |
| Proving a scapegrace and a clown | O |
| May win at last to worthiness | Q |
Robert William Service
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