Hero Worship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE F FGHIHI JKJKLKL MNMOPQPQ| Said he You saw the Master clear | A |
| By Rushy Pond alone he sat | B |
| Serene and silent as a seer | C |
| in tweedy coat and seedy hat | B |
| you tell me you did not intrude | D |
| Although his book was in your hand | E |
| Upon his melancholy mood | D |
| I do not understand | E |
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| You did not tell him 'I have come | F |
| From o'er the sea to speak to you ' | - |
| You did not dare your lips were dumb | F |
| You thought a little zephyr blew | G |
| From Rushy Pond a touch of him | H |
| You'll cherish to your dying day | I |
| Perhaps with tears your eyes were dim | H |
| And then you went away | I |
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| And down the years you will proclaim | J |
| 'O call me dullard dub me dunce | K |
| But let this be my meed of fame | J |
| I looked on Thomas Hardy once | K |
| Aye by a stile I stood a span | L |
| And with these eyes did plainly see | K |
| A little shrinking shabby man | L |
| But Oh a god to me ' | - |
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| Said I 'Tis true I scarce dared look | M |
| yet he would have been kind I'm sure | N |
| But though I clutched his precious book | M |
| I feared to beg his signature | O |
| Ah yes my friend I merit mirth | P |
| You're bold you have the right to laugh | Q |
| And if Christ came again to earth | P |
| You'd cadge his autograph | Q |
Robert William Service
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