A Caller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDA EFEEG HIHIJ KLKLM NONOP| 'Why Goldenson you're looking very well ' | A |
| Said Death as strolling through the County Jail | B |
| He entered that serene assassin's cell | C |
| And hung his hat and coat upon a nail | B |
| 'I think that life in this secluded spot | D |
| Agrees with men of your trade does it not ' | A |
| - | |
| 'Well yes ' said Goldenson 'I can't complain | E |
| Life anywhere provided it is mine | F |
| Agrees with me but I observe with pain | E |
| That still the people murmur and repine | E |
| It hurts their sense of harmony no doubt | G |
| To see a persecuted man grow stout ' | - |
| - | |
| 'O no 'tis not your growing stout ' said Death | H |
| 'Which makes these malcontents complain and scold | I |
| They like you to be somehow scant of breath | H |
| What they object to is your growing old | I |
| And though indifferent to lean or fat | J |
| I don't myself entirely favor that ' | - |
| - | |
| With brows that met above the orbs beneath | K |
| And nose that like a soaring hawk appeared | L |
| And lifted lip uncovering his teeth | K |
| The Mamikellikiller coldly sneered | L |
| 'O so you don't Well how will you assuage | M |
| Your spongy passion for the blood of age ' | - |
| - | |
| Death with a clattering convulsion drew | N |
| His coat on hatted his unmeated pow | O |
| Unbarred the door and stepping partly through | N |
| Turned and made answer 'I will show you how | O |
| I'm going to the Bench you call Supreme | P |
| And tap the old women who sit there and dream ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about A Caller poem by Ambrose Bierce
Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce