For Want of a Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the battle was lost.For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

I think this is a very good and clever poem because of the way the author has written it. It is a rhyme that shows that small actions can result in large consequences. It is true to life and the subject is a good way to put the message across because it is easy to understand and everyone can understand it.
It is a very precise poem with a strong meaning, but it is also very simple. The last line sums up the whole poem and the meaning "and all for the want of a horseshoe nail" making the rest of the poem seem more important than just the rhym that it was before the last line.
The way the author has started and ended all the lines (except the last) in the same way helps the flow of the poem and keeps it in order.

Becky