The Record Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ACECCFCF GHGHIJKJ ADADFLFL| Fearing that she might go one day | A |
| With some fine fellow of her choice | B |
| I called her from her childish play | A |
| And made a record of her voice | B |
| And now that she is truly gone | C |
| I hear it sweet and crystal clear | D |
| From out my wheezy gramophone | C |
| I love you Daddy dear | D |
| - | |
| Indeed it's true she went away | A |
| But Oh she went all all alone | C |
| Into the dark she went for aye | E |
| Poor little mite ere girlhood grown | C |
| Ah that I could with her have gone | C |
| But this is all I have to show | F |
| A ghost voice on a gramophone | C |
| Dear Dad I love you so | F |
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| The saddest part of loss 'tis said | G |
| Is that time tempers our regret | H |
| But that is treason to the dead | G |
| I'll not forget I'll not forget | H |
| Sole souvenir of golden years | I |
| 'Twas best to break this disc in two | J |
| And spare myself a spate of tears | K |
| But this I cannot do | J |
| - | |
| So I will play it every day | A |
| And it will seem that she is near | D |
| And once again I'll hear her say | A |
| I love you so Oh Daddy dear | D |
| And then her kiss a stab of woe | F |
| The record ends I breathe a plea | L |
| Oh God speed me to where I know | F |
| Wee lass you wait for me | L |
Robert William Service
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