Cares Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CC DD EE FF GG HH AA II JJ KK LL MM| HAVING certain cares to drown | A |
| To the sea I took them down | A |
| And I threw them in the wave | B |
| That engulfed them like a grave | B |
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| Swiftly then I plied the oar | C |
| With a light heart to the shore | C |
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| But behind me came my foes | D |
| Like a nine days corpse each rose | D |
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| And a ghastly sight to see | E |
| Clutched the boat and grinned at me | E |
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| With a heavy heart alack | F |
| To the land I bore them back | F |
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| Not in Water or in Wine | G |
| Can I drown these cares of mine | G |
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| But some day for good and sure | H |
| I shall bury them secure | H |
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| Where the soil is rich and brown | A |
| With a stone to keep them down | A |
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| And to let their end be known | I |
| Have my name carved on the stone | I |
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| So that passers by may say | J |
| Here lie cares that had their day | J |
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| And sometimes by moonlight wan | K |
| I may sit that stone upon | K |
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| With a spectre s solemn phlegm | L |
| In my shroud and laugh at them | L |
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| Or who knows when all is said | M |
| Maybe weep because they re dead | M |
Victor James Daley
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