I Keep Six Honest... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EACAFGAG HIIII 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 |
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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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Claire zhang: This is a very cool poem and my school teacher loves it so much.She also said‘’that’s my favourite poemever’’
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