The Cigar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FBGB HIJB KB LBMB NBOB PBQB RBOB SBTB NBNB UBVB HBWBSome sigh for this and that | A |
My wishes don't go far | B |
The world may wag at will | C |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Some fret themselves to death | D |
With Whig and Tory jar | B |
I don't care which is in | E |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Sir John requests my vote | F |
And so does Mr Marr | B |
I don't care how it goes | G |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Some want a German row | H |
Some wish a Russian war | I |
I care not I'm at peace | J |
So I have my cigar | B |
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I never see the 'Post ' | - |
I seldom read the 'Star ' | - |
The 'Globe' I scarcely heed | K |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Honors have come to men | L |
My juniors at the Bar | B |
No matter I can wait | M |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Ambition frets me not | N |
A cab or glory's car | B |
Are just the same to me | O |
So I have my cigar | B |
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I worship no vain gods | P |
But serve the household Lar | B |
I'm sure to be at home | Q |
So I have my cigar | B |
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I do not seek for fame | R |
A general with a scar | B |
A private let me be | O |
So I have my cigar | B |
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To have my choice among | S |
The toys of life's bazaar | B |
The deuce may take them all | T |
So I have my cigar | B |
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Some minds are often tost | N |
By tempests like a tar | B |
I always seem in port | N |
So I have my cigar | B |
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The ardent flame of love | U |
My bosom cannot char | B |
I smoke but do not burn | V |
So I have my cigar | B |
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They tell me Nancy Low | H |
Has married Mr R | B |
The jilt but I can live | W |
So I have my cigar | B |
Thomas Hood
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