My House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIHI CJCJKLKL| I have a house I've lived in long | A |
| I can't recall my going in | B |
| 'Twere better bartered for a song | A |
| Ere ruin rot and rust begin | B |
| When it was fresh and fine and fair | C |
| I used it with neglect I fear | D |
| But now I husband it with care | C |
| And cherish it form year to year | D |
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| Oh do not put it to the flame | E |
| When I have gone but let the dust | F |
| The honest earth from which it came | E |
| Reclaim it as is only juts | G |
| For when at last I close the door | H |
| And turn the key and go away | I |
| I deed my house forever more | H |
| To silence sleep and slow decay | I |
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| My house is old beyond repair | C |
| And soon I must abandon it | J |
| A poor ghost seeking everywhere | C |
| To find a home as fine and fit | J |
| But if I win domain divine | K |
| Wherein eternally to dwell | L |
| I'll not forget O Body Mine | K |
| Life home of Me I've loved you well | L |
Robert William Service
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