The Summing Up Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF GHGHIJIJ KLKLMNMN| When you have sailed the seven seas | A |
| And looped the ends of earth | B |
| You'll long at last for slippered ease | A |
| Beside a bonny hearth | C |
| A cosy cottage in the sun | D |
| A pleasant page to read | E |
| You'll find when all is said and done | D |
| That's nearly all you need | F |
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| You may have pow wowed with the Great | G |
| And played a potent part | H |
| In serious affairs of state | G |
| But now with quiet heart | H |
| You bide beside a rosy fire | I |
| And blether with a friend | J |
| Discovering that you require | I |
| So little in the end | J |
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| And all your days of fevered flight | K |
| For glory gold or gear | L |
| Will seem so futile when the Night | K |
| Draws dolorously near | L |
| And you will only ask to be | M |
| With modest comfort blest | N |
| With sweetness of simplicity | M |
| With rich reward of rest | N |
Robert William Service
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