A Dampened Ardor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEF GHG IH| The Chinatown at Bakersfield | A |
| Was blazing bright and high | B |
| The flames to water would not yield | A |
| Though torrents drenched the sky | B |
| And drowned the ground for miles around | C |
| The houses were so dry | B |
| - | |
| Then rose an aged preacher man | D |
| Whom all did much admire | E |
| Who said 'To force on you my plan | D |
| I truly don't aspire | E |
| But streams it seems might quench these beams | F |
| If turned upon the fire ' | - |
| - | |
| The fireman said 'This hoary wight | G |
| His folly dares to thrust | H |
| On us 'Twere well he felt our might | G |
| Nay he shall feel our must ' | - |
| With jet of wet and small regret | I |
| They laid that old man's dust | H |
Ambrose Bierce
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