The Goat And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFEGEG EHEHIJIJ KEKE| Each sunny day upon my way | A |
| A goat I pass | B |
| He has a beard of silver grey | A |
| A bell of brass | B |
| And all the while I am in sight | C |
| He seems to muse | D |
| And stares at me with all his might | C |
| And chews and chews | D |
| - | |
| Upon the hill so thymy sweet | E |
| With joy of Spring | F |
| He hails me with a tiny bleat | E |
| Of welcoming | F |
| Though half the globe is drenched with blood | E |
| And cities flare | G |
| Contentedly he chews the cud | E |
| And does not care | G |
| - | |
| Oh gentle friend I know not what | E |
| Your age may be | H |
| But of my years I'd give the lot | E |
| Yet left to me | H |
| To chew a thistle and not choke | I |
| But bright of eye | J |
| Gaze at the old world weary bloke | I |
| Who hobbles by | J |
| - | |
| Alas though bards make verse sublime | K |
| And lines to quote | E |
| It takes a fool like me to rhyme | K |
| About a goat | E |
Robert William Service
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