Successful Failure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEFDFD GHGHIFIF| I wonder if successful men | A |
| Are always happy | B |
| And do they sing with gusto when | A |
| Springtime is sappy | B |
| Although I am of snow white hair | C |
| And nighly mortal | D |
| Each time I sniff the April air | C |
| I chortle | D |
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| I wonder if a millionaire | C |
| Jigs with enjoyment | E |
| Having such heaps of time to spare | C |
| For daft employment | E |
| For as I dance the Highland Fling | F |
| My glee is muckle | D |
| And doping out new songs to sing | F |
| I chuckle | D |
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| I wonder why so soon forgot | G |
| Are fame and riches | H |
| Let cottage comfort be my lot | G |
| With well worn britches | H |
| As in a pub a poor unknown | I |
| Brown ale quaffing | F |
| To think of all I'll never own | I |
| I'm laughing | F |
Robert William Service
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