Pipe Smoker Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHBHB IGIEJBJB| Because I love the soothing weed | A |
| And am of sober type | B |
| I'd choose me for a friend in need | A |
| A man who smokes a pipe | B |
| A cove who hasn't much to say | C |
| And spits into the fire | D |
| Puffing like me a pipe of clay | C |
| Corn cob or briar | D |
| - | |
| A chap original of thought | E |
| With cheery point of view | F |
| Who has of gumption quite a lot | G |
| And streaks of humour too | F |
| He need not be a whiskered sage | H |
| With wisdom over ripe | B |
| Just give me in the old of age | H |
| A pal who smokes a pipe | B |
| - | |
| A cigarette may make for wit | I |
| Although I like it not | G |
| A good cigar I must admit | I |
| Gives dignity to thought | E |
| But as my glass of grog I sip | J |
| I never never gripe | B |
| If I have for companionship | J |
| A guy who smokes a pipe | B |
Robert William Service
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