A Retort Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII| As vicious women think all men are knaves | A |
| And shrew bound gentlemen discourse of slaves | A |
| As reeling drunkards judge the world unsteady | B |
| And idlers swear employers ne'er get ready | B |
| Thieves that the constable stole all they had | C |
| The mad that all except themselves are mad | C |
| So in another's clear escutcheon shown | D |
| Barnes rails at stains reflected from his own | D |
| Prates of 'docility ' nor feels the dark | E |
| Ring round his neck the Ralston collar mark | E |
| Back man to studies interrupted once | F |
| Ere yet the rogue had merged into the dunce | F |
| Back back to Yale and grown with years discreet | G |
| The course a virgin's lust cut short complete | G |
| Go drink again at the Pierian pool | H |
| And learn at least to better play the fool | H |
| No longer scorn the draught although the font | I |
| Unlike Pactolus waters not Belmont | I |
Ambrose Bierce
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