Vain Venture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKILIL| To have a business of my own | A |
| With toil and tears | B |
| I wore my fingers to the bone | A |
| For weary years | C |
| With stoic heart for sordid gold | D |
| In patient pain | E |
| My life and liberty I sold | D |
| For others gain | E |
| - | |
| I scrimped and scraped as cent by cent | F |
| My savings grew | G |
| I found a faded shop for rent | F |
| Made it like new | G |
| Above the door the paint was dry | H |
| Where glowed my name | I |
| I waited there for folks to buy | H |
| But no one came | I |
| - | |
| Now I am back where I began | J |
| Myself I sell | K |
| I grovel to a greedy man | J |
| And life is hell | K |
| An empty shop of bankrupt shame | I |
| I pass before | L |
| Seeing my bitter bleary name | I |
| Above the door | L |
Robert William Service
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