The Score Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHIIGG EEJJKKEE| Because I've come to eighty odd | A |
| I must prepare to meet you God | A |
| What should I do I cannot pray | B |
| I have no pious words to say | B |
| And though the Bible I might read | C |
| Scriptures don't meet my need | D |
| - | |
| Please tell me God what can I do | E |
| To be acceptable to you | E |
| I've put in order my affairs | F |
| And left their portion to my heirs | F |
| And what remains I've willed to be | G |
| A gift to Charity | G |
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| What must I do I cannot kneel | H |
| Although a sense of you I feel | H |
| I will not show a coward's fear | I |
| Waiting until the end be near | I |
| To pester you with mercy plea | G |
| You'd be despising me | G |
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| I hope I have been kind and true | E |
| I've helped to happiness a few | E |
| I've made a mother's eye to smile | J |
| I've played with little ones a while | J |
| I do not know what is the score | K |
| Of good I might have done much more | K |
| But now I guess my exit's due | E |
| Dear God it's up to You | E |
Robert William Service
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