The Man And The Ants Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFGHI JKLMNO PQRSGT UTTVW XYTZNA2 TTGGB2 DYTTA2T| I was sitting for ages on a bench | A |
| In a bus station | B |
| An able bodied man | C |
| Approached me for a donation | B |
| To buy his food for the day | D |
| - | |
| I was hesitant to help | E |
| But conscience dictated otherwise | F |
| I gave him money | G |
| Enough to buy a single donut | H |
| And a cup of hot cocoa | I |
| - | |
| He got the cash | J |
| Without saying a word | K |
| My eyes followed him | L |
| He went into a nearby convenient store | M |
| When he came out | N |
| He got a beer and a pack of cigarettes | O |
| - | |
| I heaved a sad sigh | P |
| And looked at the ground | Q |
| Then I saw a battalion of ants | R |
| Like tiny dots | S |
| Marching in a clothesline | G |
| Each of them carrying a grain of rice | T |
| - | |
| Passersby stepped on them | U |
| With their stilletos | T |
| And tennis shoes | T |
| But they rise as if nothing happened | V |
| And proceeded to work | W |
| - | |
| Oh how diligent | X |
| And clever | Y |
| Are the ants | T |
| They prepare their food | Z |
| For drought | N |
| And flood | A2 |
| - | |
| They got brains | T |
| Smaller than pinpoints | T |
| Whereas the man | G |
| Got a brain | G |
| The size of a bowl | B2 |
| - | |
| The man came again one day | D |
| But I rapid fire | Y |
| A piece of advice | T |
| To make use | T |
| Of his rusted | A2 |
| Brain and bones | T |
Rose Marie Juan Austin
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