Poor Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HDID CJCJ| 'A man should write to please himself ' | A |
| He proudly said | B |
| Well see his poems on the shelf | C |
| Dusty unread | B |
| - | |
| When he came to my shop each day | D |
| So peaked and cold | E |
| I'd sneak one of his books away | D |
| And say 'twas sold | E |
| - | |
| And then by chance he looked below | F |
| And saw a stack | G |
| Of his own work speechless with woe | F |
| He came not back | G |
| - | |
| I hate to think he took to drink | H |
| And passed away | D |
| I have not heard of him a word | I |
| Unto this day | D |
| - | |
| A man must write to please himself | C |
| Of all it's true | J |
| But happy they who spurning pelf | C |
| Please people too | J |
Robert William Service
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