Fate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE| Alas alas for the tourist's guide | A |
| He turned from the beaten trail aside | A |
| Wandered bewildered lay down and died | A |
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| O grim is the Irony of Fate | B |
| It switches the man of low estate | B |
| And loosens the dogs upon the great | B |
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| It lights the fireman to roast the cook | C |
| The fisherman squirms upon the hook | C |
| And the flirt is slain with a tender look | C |
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| The undertaker it overtakes | D |
| It saddles the cavalier and makes | D |
| The haughtiest butcher into steaks | D |
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| Assist me gods to balk the decree | E |
| Nothing I'll do and nothing I'll be | E |
| In order that nothing be done to me | E |
Ambrose Bierce
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