Patches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCCDDD EEFFF GGHHII JJKKLM| Mother focused with a frown | A |
| The part of me where I sit down | A |
| Said she Your pants are wearing through | B |
| Let me sew on a patch for you | B |
| And so she did of azure blue | B |
| My britches were of sober grey | C |
| And when I went to school next day | C |
| The fellows said Excuse our smile | D |
| We saw your patch 'way off a mile | D |
| Said I Sure it's the latest style | D |
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| So each boy asked his Ma to match | E |
| With bluer blue my super patch | E |
| And when to school they came en masse | F |
| It was the emblem of our class | F |
| Admired by every bonnie lass | F |
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| Now when I'm old and in my dotage | G |
| I hope I'll have a humble cottage | G |
| And sit me by a hive of bees | H |
| A patchwork quilt accross my knees | H |
| Warming my worn hands in the sun | I |
| All ropey with the work they've done | I |
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| The work they've done to give me this | J |
| Brief bit of comfort ease and bliss | J |
| My pathway edged with cockle shells | K |
| And bright with Canterbury bells | K |
| That leads to where my humble thatch is | L |
| It too adorned with straw bright patches | M |
Robert William Service
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