The Learner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEFGFG HDHDIFIF| I've learned Of all the friends I've won | A |
| Dame Nature is the best | B |
| And to her like a child I run | A |
| Craving her mother breast | B |
| To comfort me in soul distress | C |
| And in green glade to find | D |
| Far from the world's unloveliness | C |
| Pure peace of mind | D |
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| I've learned the worth of simple ways | C |
| And though I've loved to roam | E |
| I know the glow of hearth ablaze | C |
| The bliss of coming home | E |
| I'd rather wear old clothes than new | F |
| I'd rather walk than drive | G |
| And as my wants are oh so few | F |
| I joy to be alive | G |
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| I've learned that happiness is all | H |
| A sweetness of the mind | D |
| And would you purge your heart of gall | H |
| Try being kind | D |
| Then when some weaker one you aid | I |
| Believe it true | F |
| 'Tis God Himself will make the grade | I |
| Less hard for you | F |
Robert William Service
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