My Lord Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEDEFGFG| 'Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat ' | A |
| Who sings for nobles he should noble be | B |
| There's no non sequitur I think in that | C |
| And this is logic plain as a b c | B |
| Now Hector Stuart you're a Scottish prince | D |
| If right you fathom your descent that fall | E |
| From grace and since you have no peers and since | D |
| You have no kind of nobleness at all | E |
| 'Twere better to sing little lest you wince | D |
| When made by heartless critics to sing small | E |
| And yet my liege I bid you not despair | F |
| Ambition conquers but a realm at once | G |
| For European bays arrange your hair | F |
| Two continents in time shall crown you Dunce | G |
Ambrose Bierce
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