Waiting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH CIJK| A square squat room a cellar on promotion | A |
| Drab to the soul drab to the very daylight | B |
| Plasters astray in unnatural looking tinware | C |
| Scissors and lint and apothecary's jars | D |
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| Here on a bench a skeleton would writhe from | E |
| Angry and sore I wait to be admitted | F |
| Wait till my heart is lead upon my stomach | G |
| While at their ease two dressers do their chores | H |
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| One has a probe it feels to me a crowbar | C |
| A small boy sniffs and shudders after bluestone | I |
| A poor old tramp explains his poor old ulcers | J |
| Life is I think a blunder and a shame | K |
William Ernest Henley
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