Homo Podunkensis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJK| As the poor ass that from his paddock strays | A |
| Might sound abroad his field companions' praise | A |
| Recounting volubly their well bred leer | B |
| Their port impressive and their wealth of ear | B |
| Mistaking for the world's assent the clang | C |
| Of echoes mocking his accurst harangue | C |
| So the dull clown untraveled though at large | D |
| Visits the city on the ocean's marge | D |
| Expands his eyes and marvels to remark | E |
| Each coastwise schooner and each alien bark | E |
| Prates of 'all nations ' wonders as he stares | F |
| That native merchants sell imported wares | F |
| Nor comprehends how in his very view | G |
| A foreign vessel has a foreign crew | G |
| Yet faithful to the hamlet of his birth | H |
| Swears it superior to aught on earth | H |
| Sighs for the temples locally renowned | I |
| The village school house and the village pound | I |
| And chalks upon the palaces of Rome | J |
| The peasant sentiments of 'Home Sweet Home ' | K |
Ambrose Bierce
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