Sestina Of The Tramp-royal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF FAEBDC CFDABE ECBFAD DEACFB BDFECA ECA| Speakin' in general I'ave tried 'em all | A |
| The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world | B |
| Speakin' in general I'ave found them good | C |
| For such as cannot use one bed too long | D |
| But must get 'ence the same as I'ave done | E |
| An' go observin' matters till they die | F |
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| What do it matter where or 'ow we die | F |
| So long as we've our 'ealth to watch it all | A |
| The different ways that different things are done | E |
| An' men an' women lovin' in this world | B |
| Takin' our chances as they come along | D |
| An' when they ain't pretendin' they are good | C |
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| In cash or credit no it aren't no good | C |
| You've to 'ave the 'abit or you'd die | F |
| Unless you lived your life but one day long | D |
| Nor didn't prophesy nor fret at all | A |
| But drew your tucker some'ow from the world | B |
| An' never bothered what you might ha' done | E |
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| But Gawd what things are they I'aven't done | E |
| I've turned my 'and to most an' turned it good | C |
| In various situations round the world | B |
| For 'im that doth not work must surely die | F |
| But that's no reason man should labour all | A |
| 'Is life on one same shift life's none so long | D |
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| Therefore from job to job I've moved along | D |
| Pay couldn't 'old me when my time was done | E |
| For something in my 'ead upset it all | A |
| Till I'ad dropped whatever 'twas for good | C |
| An' out at sea be'eld the dock lights die | F |
| An' met my mate the wind that tramps the world | B |
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| It's like a book I think this bloomin world | B |
| Which you can read and care for just so long | D |
| But presently you feel that you will die | F |
| Unless you get the page you're readi'n' done | E |
| An' turn another likely not so good | C |
| But what you're after is to turn'em all | A |
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| Gawd bless this world Whatever she'oth done | E |
| Excep' When awful long I've found it good | C |
| So write before I die 'E liked it all | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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