From The Minutes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDAEBEAAFAGHFIHG| When with the force of a ram that discharges its ponderous body | A |
| Straight at the rear elevation of the luckless culler of simples | B |
| The foot of Herculean Kilgore statesman of surname suggestive | C |
| Or carnage unspeakable lit like a missile prodigious | B |
| Upon the Congressional door with a monstrous and mighty momentum | D |
| Causing that vain ineffective bar to political freedom | D |
| To fly from its hinges effacing the nasal excrescence of Dingley | A |
| That luckless one decently veiling the ruin with ready bandanna | E |
| Lamented the loss of his eminence sadly with sobs as follows | B |
| 'Ah why was I ever elected to the halls of legislation | E |
| So soon to be shown the door with pitiless emphasis Truly | A |
| I've leaned on a broken Reed and the same has gone back on me meanly | A |
| Where now is my prominence erstwhile in council conspicuous patent | F |
| Alas I did never before understand what I now see clearly | A |
| To wit that Democracy tends to level all human distinctions ' | G |
| His fate so untoward and sad the Pine tree statesman bewailing | H |
| Stood in the corridor there while Democrats freed from confinement | F |
| Came trooping forth from the chamber dissembling all as they passed him | I |
| Hilarious sentiments painful indeed to observe and remarking | H |
| 'O friend and colleague of the Speaker what ails the unjoyous proboscis ' | G |
Ambrose Bierce
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About From The Minutes
From The Minutes is a poem by Ambrose Bierce. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about From The Minutes poem by Ambrose Bierce
Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce