The Cigar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FBGB HIJB KB LBMB NBOB PBQB RBOB SBTB NBNB UBVB HBWB| Some 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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