A Farewell To London Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG AFHF IEIE JKJK FEFE FFLF FMFM ANAN OPOP BQRC EAEA| IN THE YEAR | A |
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| Dear damn'd distracting town farewell | B |
| Thy fools no more I'll tease | C |
| This year in peace ye critics dwell | B |
| Ye harlots sleep at ease | C |
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| Soft B s and rough C s adieu | D |
| Earl Warwick make your moan | E |
| The lively H k and you | D |
| May knock up whores alone | E |
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| To drink and droll be Rowe allow'd | F |
| Till the third watchman's toll | G |
| Let Jervas gratis paint and Frowde | F |
| Save threepence and his soul | G |
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| Farewell Arbuthnot's raillery | A |
| On every learn d sot | F |
| And Garth the best good Christian he | H |
| Although he knows it not | F |
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| Lintot farewell thy bard must go | I |
| Farewell unhappy Tonson | E |
| Heaven gives thee for thy loss of Rowe | I |
| Lean Philips and fat Johnson | E |
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| Why should I stay Both parties rage | J |
| My vixen mistress squalls | K |
| The wits in envious feuds engage | J |
| And Homer damn him calls | K |
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| The love of arts lies cold and dead | F |
| In Halifax's urn | E |
| And not one Muse of all he fed | F |
| Has yet the grace to mourn | E |
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| My friends by turns my friends confound | F |
| Betray and are betray'd | F |
| Poor Y r's sold for fifty pounds | L |
| And B ll is a jade | F |
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| Why make I friendships with the great | F |
| When I no favour seek | M |
| Or follow girls seven hours in eight | F |
| I need but once a week | M |
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| Still idle with a busy air | A |
| Deep whimsies to contrive | N |
| The gayest valetudinaire | A |
| Most thinking rake alive | N |
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| Solicitous for others' ends | O |
| Though fond of dear repose | P |
| Careless or drowsy with my friends | O |
| And frolic with my foes | P |
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| Luxurious lobster nights farewell | B |
| For sober studious days | Q |
| And Burlington's delicious meal | R |
| For salads tarts and pease | C |
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| Adieu to all but Gay alone | E |
| Whose soul sincere and free | A |
| Loves all mankind but flatters none | E |
| And so may starve with me | A |
Alexander Pope
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jacob aranha: I would like to read the summary of the poem: A farewell to London. If you have it in you- tube in Hindi please send.