The American Party Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAA AAAAA ACC AAAAA DADA AEAFF| Oh Marcus D Boruck me hearty | A |
| I sympathize wid ye poor lad | B |
| A man that's shot out of his party | A |
| Is mighty onlucky bedad | A |
| An' the sowl o' that man is sad | A |
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| But Marcus gossoon ye desarve it | A |
| Ye know for yerself that ye do | A |
| For ye j'ined not intendin' to sarve it | A |
| But hopin' to make it sarve you | A |
| Though the roll of its members wuz two | A |
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| The other wuz Pixley an' 'Surely ' | - |
| Ye said 'he's a kite that wall sail ' | - |
| An' so ye hung till him securely | A |
| Enactin' the role of a tail | C |
| But there wuzn't the ghost of a gale | C |
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| But the party to day has behind it | A |
| A powerful backin' I'm told | A |
| For just enough Irish have j'ined it | A |
| An' I'm m'anin' to be enrolled | A |
| To kick ye out into the cold | A |
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| It's hard on ye darlint I'm thinkin' | D |
| So young so American too | A |
| Wid bypassers grinnin' an' winkin' | D |
| An' sayin' wid ref'rence to you | A |
| 'Get onto the murtherin' Joo ' | - |
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| Republicans never will take ye | A |
| They had ye for many a year | E |
| An' Dimocrats angels forsake ye | A |
| If ever ye come about here | F |
| We'll brand ye and scollop yer ear | F |
Ambrose Bierce
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