Such Nonsense Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDD EEFF GHBB IIJJ KKLM| Where on earth did the idea come from that the ballot is a boon a | A |
| privilege and an honor From men Mrs Prestonia Mann Martin | B |
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| Who is it thinks the vote some use | C |
| Man Man is often such a goose | C |
| Indeed it makes me laugh to see | D |
| How men have struggled to be free | D |
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| Poor Washington who meant so well | E |
| And Nathan Hale and William Tell | E |
| Hampden and Bolivar and Pym | F |
| And L'Ouverture remember him | F |
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| And Garibaldi and Kossuth | G |
| And some who threw away their youth | H |
| All bitten by the stupid notion | B |
| That liberty was worth emotion | B |
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| They could not get it through their heads | I |
| That if they stayed tucked up in beds | I |
| Avoiding politics and strife | J |
| They'd lead a pleasant peaceful life | J |
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| Let us dear sisters never make | K |
| Such a ridiculous mistake | K |
| But teach our children o'er and o'er | L |
| That liberty is just a chore | M |
Alice Duer Miller
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