The Gamblers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJKKLL IIBBMMNOPPQQ| Life's a jail where men have common lot | A |
| Gaunt the one who has and who has not | A |
| All our treasures neither less nor more | B |
| Bread alone comes thro' the guarded door | B |
| Cards are foolish in this jail I think | C |
| Yet they play for shoes for drabs and drink | C |
| She my lawless sharp tongued gypsy maid | D |
| Will not scorn with me this jail bird trade | D |
| Pets some fox eyed boy who turns the trick | E |
| Tho' he win a button or a stick | E |
| Pencil garter ribbon corset lace | F |
| HIS the glory MINE is the disgrace | F |
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| Sweet I'd rather lose than win despite | G |
| Love of hearty words and maids polite | G |
| Love's a gamble say you I deny | H |
| Love's a gift I love you till I die | H |
| Gamblers fight like rats I will not play | I |
| All I ever had I gave away | I |
| All I ever coveted was peace | J |
| Such as comes if we have jail release | J |
| Cards are puzzles tho' the prize be gold | K |
| Cards help not the bread that tastes of mold | K |
| Cards dye not your hair to black more deep | L |
| Cards make not the children cease to weep | L |
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| Scorned I sit with half shut eyes all day | I |
| Watch the cataract of sunshine play | I |
| Down the wall and dance upon the floor | B |
| Sun come down and break the dungeon door | B |
| Of such gold dust could I make a key | M |
| Turn the bolt how soon we would be free | M |
| Over borders we would hurry on | N |
| Safe by sunrise farms and springs of dawn | O |
| Wash our wounds and jail stains there at last | P |
| Azure rivers flowing flowing past | P |
| GOD HAS GREAT ESTATES JUST PAST THE LINE | Q |
| GREEN FARMS FOR ALL AND MEAT AND CORN AND WINE | Q |
Vachel Lindsay
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