Immortality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EEEEFGFG HBHIJGJG| Full well I trow that when I die | A |
| Down drops the curtain | B |
| Another show is all my eye | A |
| And Betty Martin | B |
| I know the score and with a smile | C |
| Of rueful rating | D |
| I reckon I am not worth while | C |
| Perpetuating | D |
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| I hope that God if God there be | E |
| Of love and glory | E |
| Will let me off Eternity | E |
| And end my story | E |
| Will count me just a worn out bit | F |
| Of human matter | G |
| Who's done his job or bungled it | F |
| More like the latter | G |
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| I did not beg for mortal breath | H |
| Plus hell or Heaven | B |
| So let the last pay off be death | H |
| And call it even | I |
| To Nature I will pay my debt | J |
| With stoic laughter | G |
| But spare me God your awful threat | J |
| Of Life Here after | G |
Robert William Service
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