The Policeman's Lot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFCDCD| When a felon's not engaged in his employment | A |
| Or maturing his felonious little plans | B |
| His capacity for innocent enjoyment | A |
| Is just as great as any honest man's | B |
| Our feelings we with difficulty smother | C |
| When constabulary duty's to be done | D |
| Ah take one consideration with another | C |
| A policeman's lot is not a happy one | D |
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| When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling | E |
| When the cut throat isn't occupied in crime | F |
| He loves to hear the little brook a gurgling | E |
| And listen to the merry village chime | F |
| When the coster's finished jumping on his mother | C |
| He loves to lie a basking in the sun | D |
| Ah take one consideration with another | C |
| The policeman's lot is not a happy one | D |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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