Laziness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJEKE LMNMOEPE| Let 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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