Umbra.[85] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGDDCHH I| Close to the best known author Umbra sits | A |
| The constant index to old Button's wits | A |
| 'Who's here ' cries Umbra 'Only Johnson ' 'Oh | B |
| Your slave ' and exit but returns with Rowe | C |
| 'Dear Rowe let's sit and talk of tragedies ' | D |
| Ere long Pope enters and to Pope he flies | E |
| Then up comes Steele he turns upon his heel | F |
| And in a moment fastens upon Steele | F |
| But cries as soon 'Dear Dick I must be gone | G |
| For if I know his tread here's Addison ' | D |
| Says Addison to Steele ''Tis time to go ' | D |
| Pope to the closet steps aside with Rowe | C |
| Poor Umbra left in this abandon'd pickle | H |
| E'en sits him down and writes to honest Tickell | H |
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| Fool 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam | I |
| Know sense like charity 'begins at home ' | - |
Alexander Pope
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