Beggar To Beggar Cried Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA D C E C F C G C| 'Time to put off the world and go somewhere | A |
| And find my health again in the sea air ' | B |
| Beggar to beggar cried being frenzy struck | C |
| 'And make my soul before my pate is bare | A |
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| 'And get a comfortable wife and house | D |
| To rid me of the devil in my shoes ' | - |
| Beggar to beggar cried being frenzy struck | C |
| 'And the worse devil that is between my thighs ' | - |
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| And though I'd marry with a comely lass | E |
| She need not be too comely let it pass ' | - |
| Beggar to beggar cried being frenzy struck | C |
| 'But there's a devil in a looking glass ' | - |
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| 'Nor should she be too rich because the rich | F |
| Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch ' | - |
| Beggar to beggar cried being frenzy struck | C |
| 'And cannot have a humorous happy speech ' | - |
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| 'And there I'll grow respected at my ease | G |
| And hear amid the garden's nightly peace ' | - |
| Beggar to beggar cried being frenzy struck | C |
| 'The wind blown clamour of the barnacle geese ' | - |
William Butler Yeats
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