A Toast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DA DCEDA DCDDC ACAACAC| Kate Kennedy is the Patron Saint of St Leonard's and St | A |
| Salvator Her history is quite unknown | B |
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| The learned are all 'in a swither ' | - |
| They don't very often agree | C |
| They know not her 'whence' nor her 'whither ' | - |
| The Maiden we drink to together | D |
| The College's Kate Kennedie | A |
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| Did she shine in days early or later | D |
| Did she ever achieve a degree | C |
| Was she pretty or plain Did she mate or | E |
| Live lonely And who was the pater | D |
| Of mystical Kate Kennedie | A |
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| The learned may scorn her and scout her | D |
| But true to her colours are WE | C |
| The learned may mock her and flout her | D |
| But surely we'll rally about her | D |
| In the College that stands by the Sea | C |
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| So here's to her memory here to | A |
| The mystical Maiden drink we | C |
| We pledge her and we'll persevere too | A |
| Though the reason is not very clear to | A |
| The critical mind nor to ME | C |
| Here's to Kate she's our own and she's dear to | A |
| The College that stands by the Sea | C |
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