Wistful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLM NNOOPPCC| Oh how I'd be gay and glad | A |
| If a little house I had | A |
| Snuggled in a shady lot | B |
| With behind a garden plot | B |
| Simple grub old duds to wear | C |
| A book a pipe a rocking chair | C |
| You would never hear me grouse | D |
| If I had a little house | D |
| - | |
| Oh if I had just enough | E |
| Dough to buy the needful stuff | E |
| Milk and porridge toast and tea | F |
| How contented I would be | F |
| You could have your cake and wine | G |
| I on cabbage soup would dine | G |
| Joking to the journey's end | H |
| Had I just enough to spend | H |
| - | |
| Oh had I no boss to please | I |
| I'd give thanks on bended knees | I |
| Could I to myself belong | J |
| I would fill the day with song | J |
| Freedom's crust is sweeter far | K |
| Than control and caviar | K |
| How my ragged hat I'd toss | L |
| If I didn't have a boss | M |
| - | |
| So you may see my point of view | N |
| But there's nothing I can do | N |
| Oh the weariness of work | O |
| Duties that I may not shirk | O |
| Though simplicity I crave | P |
| I must go down to my grave | P |
| Bossed by bullion crossed by care | C |
| Just a poor damn millionaire | C |
Robert William Service
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