Ignis Fatuus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FDFD GHGH IDID| Weep weep each loyal partisan | A |
| For Buckley king of hearts | B |
| A most accomplished man a man | C |
| Of parts of foreign parts | B |
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| Long years he ruled with gentle sway | D |
| Nor grew his glory dim | E |
| And he would be with us to day | D |
| If we were but with him | E |
| - | |
| Men wondered at his going off | F |
| In such a sudden way | D |
| 'Twas thought as he had come to scoff | F |
| He would remain to prey | D |
| - | |
| Since he is gone we're all agreed | G |
| That he is what men call | H |
| A crook his very steps indeed | G |
| Are bent to Montreal | H |
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| So let our tears unhindered flow | I |
| Our sighs and groans have way | D |
| It matters not how much we Oh | I |
| The devil is to pay | D |
Ambrose Bierce
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