Mad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB FHFI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ| O ye who push and fight | A |
| To hear a wanton sing | B |
| Who utter the delight | A |
| That has the bogus ring | B |
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| O men mature in years | C |
| In understanding young | D |
| The membranes of whose ears | C |
| She tickles with her tongue | D |
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| O wives and daughters sweet | E |
| Who call it love of art | F |
| To kiss a woman's feet | E |
| That crush a woman's heart | F |
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| O prudent dams and sires | G |
| Your docile young who bring | B |
| To see how man admires | G |
| A sinner if she sing | B |
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| O husbands who impart | F |
| To each assenting spouse | H |
| The lesson that shall start | F |
| The buds upon your brows | I |
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| All whose applauding hands | J |
| Assist to rear the fame | K |
| That throws o'er all the lands | J |
| The shadow of its shame | K |
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| Go drag her car the mud | L |
| Through which its axle rolls | M |
| Is partly human blood | L |
| And partly human souls | M |
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| Mad mad your senses whirl | N |
| Like devils dancing free | O |
| Because a strolling girl | N |
| Can hold the note high C | O |
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| For this the avenging rod | P |
| Of Heaven ye dare defy | Q |
| And tear the law that God | P |
| Thundered from Sinai | Q |
Ambrose Bierce
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