The Unpardonable Sin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMMNOLLPPLLQQLL| I reckon that ye never knew | A |
| That dandy slugger Tom Carew | A |
| He had a touch as light an' free | B |
| As that of any honey bee | B |
| But where it lit there wasn't much | C |
| To jestify another touch | C |
| O what a Sunday school it was | D |
| To watch him puttin' up his paws | E |
| An' roominate upon their heft | F |
| Particular his holy left | F |
| Tom was my style that's all I say | G |
| Some others may be equal gay | G |
| What's come of him Dunno I'm sure | H |
| He's dead which make his fate obscure | H |
| I only started in to clear | I |
| One vital p'int in his career | I |
| Which is to say afore he died | J |
| He soiled his erming mighty snide | J |
| Ye see he took to politics | K |
| And learnt them statesmen fellers' tricks | K |
| Pulled wires wore stovepipe hats used scent | L |
| Just like he was the President | L |
| Went to the Legislator spoke | M |
| Right out agin the British yoke | M |
| But that was right He let his hair | N |
| Grow long to qualify for Mayor | O |
| An' once or twice he poked his snoot | L |
| In Congress like a low galoot | L |
| It had to come no gent can hope | P |
| To wrastle God agin the rope | P |
| Tom went from bad to wuss Being dead | L |
| I s'pose it oughtn't to be said | L |
| For sech inikities as flow | Q |
| From politics ain't fit to know | Q |
| But if you think it's actin' white | L |
| To tell it Thomas throwed a fight | L |
Ambrose Bierce
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