Ballad Of The Primitive Jest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABA ABACBABA ABABCABA D BABA| I am an ancient Jest | A |
| Paleolithic man | B |
| In his arboreal nest | A |
| The sparks of fun would fan | B |
| My outline did he plan | B |
| And laughed like one possessed | A |
| 'Twas thus my course began | B |
| I am a Merry Jest | A |
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| I am an early Jest | A |
| Man delved and built and span | B |
| Then wandered South and West | A |
| The peoples Aryan | C |
| I journeyed in their van | B |
| The Semites too confessed | A |
| From Beersheba to Dan | B |
| I am a Merry Jest | A |
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| I am an ancient Jest | A |
| Through all the human clan | B |
| Red black white free oppressed | A |
| Hilarious I ran | B |
| I'm found in Lucian | C |
| In Poggio and the rest | A |
| I'm dear to Moll and Nan | B |
| I am a Merry Jest | A |
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| envoy | D |
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| Prince you may storm and ban | B |
| Joe Millers are a pest | A |
| Suppress me if you can | B |
| I am a Merry Jest | A |
Andrew Lang
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