Laziness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJEKE LMNMOEPELet laureates sing with rapturous swing | A |
Of the wonder and glory of work | B |
Let pulpiteers preach and with passion impeach | C |
The indolent wretches who shirk | B |
No doubt they are right in the stress of the fight | D |
It's the slackers who go to the wall | E |
So though it's my shame I perversely proclaim | F |
It's fine to do nothing at all | E |
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It's fine to recline on the flat of one's spine | G |
With never a thought in one's head | H |
It's lovely to le staring up at the sky | I |
When others are earning their bread | H |
It's great to feel one with the soil and the sun | J |
Drowned deep in the grasses so tall | E |
Oh it's noble to sweat pounds and dollars to get | K |
But it's grand to do nothing at all | E |
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So sing to the praise of the fellows who laze | L |
Instead of lambasting the soil | M |
The vagabonds gay who lounge by the way | N |
Conscientious objectors to toil | M |
But lest you should think by this spatter of ink | O |
The Muses still hold me in thrall | E |
I'll round out my rhyme and until the next time | P |
Work like hell doing nothing at all | E |
Robert William Service
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