Authority Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ J| 'Authority authority ' they shout | A |
| Whose minds not large enough to hold a doubt | A |
| Some chance opinion ever entertain | B |
| By dogma billeted upon their brain | B |
| 'Ha ' they exclaim with choreatic glee | C |
| 'Here's Dabster if you won't give in to me | C |
| Dabster sir Dabster to whom all men look | D |
| With reverence ' The fellow wrote a book | D |
| It matters not that many another wight | E |
| Has thought more deeply could more wisely write | E |
| On t' other side that you yourself possess | F |
| Knowledge where Dabster did but faintly guess | F |
| God help you if ambitious to persuade | G |
| The fools who take opinion ready made | G |
| And 'recognize authorities ' Be sure | H |
| No tittle of their folly they'll abjure | H |
| For all that you can say But write it down | I |
| Publish and die and get a great renown | I |
| Faith how they'll snap it up misread misquote | J |
| Swear that they had a hand in all you wrote | J |
| And ride your fame like monkeys on a goat | J |
Ambrose Bierce
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