Sensitive Burglar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHI JKJKLML| Selecting in the dining room | A |
| The silver of his choice | B |
| The burglar heard from chamber gloom | A |
| A female voice | B |
| As cold and bitter as a toad | C |
| She spat a nasty name | D |
| So even as his swag he stowed | C |
| He blushed for shame | D |
| - | |
| 'You dirty dog ' he heard her say | E |
| 'I sniff your whisky stench | F |
| I bet you've gambled half your pay | E |
| Or blown it on a wench | F |
| Begone from here you rakehell boor | G |
| You shame the human race | H |
| What wife would pillow share with your | I |
| Disgusting face ' | - |
| - | |
| A tear the tender burglar shed | J |
| Then indignation rose | K |
| And swiftly striding to her bed | J |
| He said 'I'm none of those | K |
| I am a connoisseur in crime | L |
| And felonies I plan | M |
| But otherwise believe me I'm | L |
| A GENTLEMAN ' | - |
Robert William Service
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