Decalogue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH I JJ| Thou shalt no God but me adore | A |
| 'Twere too expensive to have more | A |
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| No images nor idols make | B |
| For Roger Ingersoll to break | B |
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| Take not God's name in vain select | C |
| A time when it will have effect | C |
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| Work not on Sabbath days at all | D |
| But go to see the teams play ball | D |
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| Honor thy parents That creates | E |
| For life insurance lower rates | E |
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| Kill not abet not those who kill | F |
| Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill | F |
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| Kiss not thy neighbor's wife unless | G |
| Thine own thy neighbor doth caress | G |
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| Don't steal thou'lt never thus compete | H |
| Successfully in business Cheat | H |
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| Bear not false witness that is low | I |
| But 'hear 'tis rumored so and so ' | - |
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| Covet thou naught that thou hast got | J |
| By hook or crook or somehow got | J |
Ambrose Bierce
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