The Moper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEDDE FGFFG HIHHI FJFFK LMLLM BFBBF HAHHA NONNO| The Moper mopeth all the day | A |
| He mopeth eke at night | B |
| And never is the Moper gay | A |
| But grim and serious alway | C |
| He is a sorry sight | B |
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| He liketh not the merry quip | D |
| He hateth other men | E |
| Escheweth he companionship | D |
| Nor doth he e'er essay to trip | D |
| The light fantastic ten | E |
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| He seeketh not where murm'ring brooks | F |
| With rippling music flow | G |
| He seeth naught in woman's looks | F |
| And never readeth he in books | F |
| Except they tell of woe | G |
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| He e'en forgetteth that the sun | H |
| Likewise God's balmy air | I |
| Were made to gladden every one | H |
| But he preferreth both to shun | H |
| And taketh not his share | I |
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| He careth not for merry wights | F |
| Who drink Ch teau Yquem | J |
| But he would set the world to rights | F |
| By peopling it with eremites | F |
| And very few of them | K |
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| When children sport with merry glee | L |
| He thinketh they are wild | M |
| And with them doth so disagree | L |
| It seemeth verily that he | L |
| Hath never been a child | M |
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| He thinketh that it is not right | B |
| Rare dishes to discuss | F |
| And knoweth not the keen delight | B |
| Of one that hath an appetite | B |
| Yclep d ravenous | F |
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| Of goodly raiment he hath none | H |
| He calleth it display | A |
| Wherefore the urchin poketh fun | H |
| Because he looketh like that one | H |
| Unholy men call jay | A |
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| And so we see this foolish man | N |
| All pleasant things doth scorn | O |
| Good folk pray God to change his plan | N |
| And cheer the Moper if He can | N |
| Or let no more be born | O |
Arthur Macy
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