The Choice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEAFAF GHGHIJKJ| Some inherit manly beauty | A |
| Some come into worldly wealth | B |
| Some have lofty sense of duty | A |
| Others boast exultant health | B |
| Though the pick may be confusing | C |
| Health wealth charm or character | D |
| If you had the chance of choosing | C |
| Which would you prefer | D |
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| I'm not sold on body beauty | A |
| Though health I appreciate | E |
| Character and sense of duty | A |
| I resign to Men of State | E |
| I don't need a heap of money | A |
| Oh I know I'm hard to please | F |
| Though to you it may seem funny | A |
| I want none of these | F |
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| No give me Imagination | G |
| And the gift of weaving words | H |
| Into patterns of creation | G |
| With the lilt of singing birds | H |
| Passion and the power to show it | I |
| Sense of life with love expressed | J |
| Let my be a bloody poet | K |
| You can keep the rest | J |
Robert William Service
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