The God Of Common-sense Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAA DDEEFFAA GGHHIJKKLA| My Daddy used to wallop me for every small offense | A |
| Its takes a hair brush back said he to teach kids common sense | A |
| And still to day I scarce can look a hair brush in the face | B |
| Without I want in sympathy to pat a tender place | B |
| For Dad declared with unction Spare the brush and spoil the brat | C |
| The dear old man What e'er his faults he never did do that | C |
| And though a score of years have gone since he departed hence | A |
| I still revere his deity The God of Common sense | A |
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| How often I have played the ass Man's universal fate | D |
| Yet always I have saved myself before it was too late | D |
| How often tangled with a dame you know how these things are | E |
| Yet always had the gumption not to carry on too far | E |
| Remembering that fancy skirts however high they go | F |
| Are not to be stacked up against a bunch of hard earned dough | F |
| And sentiment has little weight compared with pounds and pence | A |
| According to the gospel of the God of Common sense | A |
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| Oh blessing on that old hair brush my Daddy used to whack | G |
| With such benign precision on the basement of my back | G |
| Oh blessings on his wisdom saying Son don't play the fool | H |
| Let prudence be your counselor and reason be your rule | H |
| Don't get romantic notions always act with judgment calm | I |
| Poetical emotions ain't in practice worth a damn | J |
| let solid comfort be your goal self interest your guide | K |
| Then just as if to emphasize whack whack the brush he plied | K |
| And so I often wonder if my luck is Providence | L |
| or just my humble tribute to the God of Common sense | A |
Robert William Service
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