A Black-list Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEEFGEEHB| 'Resolved that we will post ' the tradesmen say | A |
| 'All names of debtors who do never pay ' | B |
| 'Whose shall be first ' inquires the ready scribe | C |
| 'Who are the chiefs of the marauding tribe ' | B |
| Lo high Parnassus lifting from the plain | D |
| Upon his hoary peak a noble fane | D |
| Within that temple all the names are scrolled | E |
| Of village bards upon a slab of gold | E |
| To that bad eminence my friend aspire | F |
| And copy thou the Roll of Fame entire | G |
| Yet not to total shame those names devote | E |
| But add in mercy this explaining note | E |
| 'These cheat because the law makes theft a crime | H |
| And they obey all laws but laws of rhyme ' | B |
Ambrose Bierce
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