Two Men (j. L. And R. B.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDECC FAFACC GHGHCC IHIHCC| In the Northland there were three | A |
| Pukka Pliers of the pen | B |
| Two of them had Fame in fee | A |
| And were loud and lusty men | B |
| By them like a shrimp was I | C |
| Yet alas they had to die | C |
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| Jack was genius through and through | D |
| Who his future could foretell | E |
| What we sweated blood to do | D |
| He would deem a bagatelle | E |
| Yet in youth he had to die | C |
| And an ancient man am I | C |
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| Rex was rugged as an oak | F |
| Story teller born was he | A |
| First of writing fighting folk | F |
| How he lived prodigiously | A |
| Better man he was than I | C |
| Yet forlorn he had to die | C |
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| Jack was made of god like stuff | G |
| Born to battle for the right | H |
| Rex of fighting had enough | G |
| When the gods destroyed his sight | H |
| Craven heart I wonder why | C |
| Lingering alone am I | C |
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| They were men of valiant breed | I |
| Fit and fearless in the fight | H |
| Who in every thought and deed | I |
| Burned the flame of life too bright | H |
| Cowards live while heroes die | C |
| They have gone and here am I | C |
Robert William Service
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