I Keep Six Honest... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EACAFGAG HIII| I keep six honest serving men | A |
| They taught me all I knew | B |
| Their names are What and Why and When | A |
| And How and Where and Who | B |
| I send them over land and sea | C |
| I send them east and west | D |
| But after they have worked for me | C |
| I give them all a rest | D |
| - | |
| I let them rest from nine till five | E |
| For I am busy then | A |
| As well as breakfast lunch and tea | C |
| For they are hungry men | A |
| But different folk have different views | F |
| I know a person small | G |
| She keeps ten million serving men | A |
| Who get no rest at all | G |
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| She sends'em abroad on her own affairs | H |
| From the second she opens her eyes | I |
| One million Hows two million Wheres | I |
| And seven million Whys | I |
Rudyard Kipling
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