An 'exhibit' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IIII JKJK LIMI ININ OFOF PQP ININ| Goldenson hanged Well Heaven forbid | A |
| That I should smile above him | B |
| Though truth to tell I never did | A |
| Exactly love him | B |
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| It can't be wrong though to rejoice | C |
| That his unpleasing capers | D |
| Are ended Silent is his voice | C |
| In all the papers | D |
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| No longer he's a show no more | E |
| Bear like his den he's walking | F |
| No longer can he hold the floor | E |
| When I'd be talking | F |
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| The laws that govern jails are bad | G |
| If such displays are lawful | H |
| The fate of the assassin's sad | G |
| But ours is awful | H |
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| What shall a wretch condemned to die | I |
| In shame upon the gibbet | I |
| Be set before the public eye | I |
| As an 'exhibit' | I |
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| His looks his actions noted down | J |
| His words if light or solemn | K |
| And all this hawked about the town | J |
| So much a column | K |
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| The press of course will publish news | L |
| However it may get it | I |
| But blast the sheriff who'll abuse | M |
| His powers to let it | I |
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| Nay this is not ingratitude | I |
| I'm no reporter truly | N |
| Nor yet an editor I'm rude | I |
| Because unruly | N |
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| Because I burn with shame and rage | O |
| Beyond my power of telling | F |
| To see assassins in a cage | O |
| And keepers yelling | F |
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| 'Walk up Walk up ' the showman cries | P |
| 'Observe the lion's poses | Q |
| His stormy mane his glooming eyes | P |
| His hold your noses ' | - |
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| How long O Lord shall Law and Right | I |
| Be mocked for gain or glory | N |
| And angels weep as they recite | I |
| The shameful story | N |
Ambrose Bierce
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