In The Great Metropolis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCB DDB EEB FFB BBB BB| Each for himself is still the rule | A |
| We learn it when we go to school | A |
| The devil take the hindmost O | B |
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| And when the schoolboys grow to men | C |
| In life they learn it o'er again | C |
| The devil take the hindmost O | B |
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| For in the church and at the bar | D |
| On 'Change at court where'er they are | D |
| The devil takes the hindmost O | B |
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| Husband for husband wife for wife | E |
| Are careful that in married life | E |
| The devil takes the hindmost O | B |
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| From youth to age whate'er the game | F |
| The unvarying practice is the same | F |
| The devil take the hindmost O | B |
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| And after death we do not know | B |
| But scarce can doubt where'er we go | B |
| The devil takes the hindmost O | B |
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| Ti rol de rol ti rol de ro | B |
| The devil take the hindmost O | B |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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