Consolation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF| Little's the good to sit and grieve | A |
| Because the serpent tempted Eve | A |
| Better to wipe your eyes and take | B |
| A club and go out and kill a snake | B |
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| What do you gain by cursing Nick | C |
| For playing her such a scurvy trick | C |
| Better go out and some villain find | D |
| Who serves the devil and beat him blind | D |
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| But if you prefer as I suspect | E |
| To philosophize why then reflect | E |
| If the cunning rascal upon the limb | F |
| Hadn't tempted her she'd have tempted him | F |
Ambrose Bierce
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