Hell In Texas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDDDE FFGGHH IIJJKK LLMMNN OOPPQQ DDRRCC SGTTU| The devil we're told in hell was chained | A |
| and a thousand years he there remained | A |
| and he never complained nor did he groan | B |
| but determined to start a hell of his own | B |
| where he could torment the souls of men | C |
| without being chained to a prison pen | C |
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| So he asked the lord if he had on hand | D |
| anything left when he made the land | D |
| The lord said 'yes i had plenty on hand | D |
| but i left it down on the Rio Grande | D |
| The fact is old boy the stuff is so poor | E |
| i don't think you can use it in hell anymore ' | - |
| - | |
| But the devil went down to look at the truck | F |
| and said if it came as a gift he was stuck | F |
| for after examining it careful and well | G |
| he concluded the place was too dry for hell | G |
| So in order to get it off his hands | H |
| god promised the devil to water the lands | H |
| - | |
| For he had some water or rather some dregs | I |
| a regular cathartic that smelt like bad eggs | I |
| Hence the deal was closed and the deed was given | J |
| and the lord went back to his place in heaven | J |
| and the devil said 'i have all that is needed | K |
| to make a good hell ' And thus he succeeded | K |
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| He began to put thorns on all the trees | L |
| and he mixed the sand with millions of fleas | L |
| he scattered tarantulas along all the roads | M |
| put thorns on the cacti and horns on the toads | M |
| he lengthened the horns of the texas steers | N |
| and put an addition on jack rabbit's ears | N |
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| He put little devils in the bronco steed | O |
| and poisoned the feet of the centipede | O |
| The rattlesnake bites you the scorpion stings | P |
| the mosquito delights you by buzzing his wings | P |
| The sand burrs prevail so do the ants | Q |
| and those that sit down need half soles on their pants | Q |
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| The devil then said that throughout the land | D |
| he'd manage to keep up the devil's own brand | D |
| and all would be mavericks unless they bore | R |
| the marks and scratches and bites by the score | R |
| The heat in the summer is a hundred and ten | C |
| too hot for the devil and too hot for men | C |
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| The wild boar roams through the black chaparral | S |
| it's a hell of a place he has for hell | G |
| the red pepper grows by the bank of the brook | T |
| the Mexicans use it in all that they cook | T |
| Just dine with a greaser and then you will shout | U |
| 'I ve a hell on the inside as well as without ' | - |
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