The Wishing-caps Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFEGHGH IJIJKLMLGNGO ICICDPQPGIGI| Life's all getting and giving | A |
| I've only myself to give | B |
| What shall I do for a living | A |
| I've only one life to live | C |
| End it I'll not find another | D |
| Spend it But how shall I best | E |
| Sure the wise plan is to live like a man | F |
| And Luck may look after the rest | E |
| Largesse Largesse Fortune | G |
| Give or hold at your will | H |
| If I've no care for Fortune | G |
| Fortune must follow me still | H |
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| Bad Luck she is never a lady | I |
| But the commonest wench on the street | J |
| Shuffling shabby and shady | I |
| Shameless to pass or meet | J |
| Walk with her once it's a weakness | K |
| Talk to her twice It's a crime | L |
| Thrust her away when she gives you good day | M |
| And the besom won't board you next time | L |
| Largesse Largesse Fortune | G |
| What is Your Ladyship's mood | N |
| If I have no care for Fortune | G |
| My Fortune is bound to be good | O |
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| Good Luck she is never a lady | I |
| But the cursedest quean alive | C |
| Tricksy wincing and jady | I |
| Kittle to lead or drive | C |
| Greet her she's hailing a stranger | D |
| Meet her she's busking to leave | P |
| Let her alone for a shrew to the bone | Q |
| And the hussy comes plucking your sleeve | P |
| Largesse Largesse Fortune | G |
| I'll neither follow nor flee | I |
| If I don't run after Fortune | G |
| Fortune must run after me | I |
Rudyard Kipling
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