A Plain Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CD EE FF GG| No idle gold since this fine sun my friend | A |
| Is no mean miser but doth freely spend | A |
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| No prescious stones since these green mornings show | B |
| Without a charge their pearls where'er I go | B |
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| No lifeless books since birds with their sweet tongues | C |
| Will read aloud to me their happier songs | D |
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| No painted scenes since clouds can change their skies | E |
| A hundred times a day to please my eyes | E |
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| No headstrong wine since when I drink the spring | F |
| Into my eager ears will softly sing | F |
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| No surplus clothes since every simple beast | G |
| Can teach me to be happy with the least | G |
William Henry Davies
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