In Re A Gentleman, One Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDJD KLKLMDND GOGODDGD DPDPPDPDWe see it each day in the paper | A |
And know that there's mischief in store | B |
That some unprofessional caper | A |
Has landed a shark on the shore | B |
We know there'll be plenty of trouble | C |
Before they get through with the fun | D |
Because he's been coming the double | C |
On clients has Gentleman One | D |
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Alas for the gallant attorney | E |
Intent upon cutting a dash | F |
He starts on life's perilous journey | E |
With rather more cunning than cash | F |
And fortune at first is inviting | G |
He struts his brief hour in the sun | D |
But lo on the wall is the writing | G |
Of Nemesis Gentleman One | D |
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For soon he runs short of the dollars | H |
He fears he must go to the wall | I |
So Peters' trust money he collars | H |
To pay off his creditor Paul | I |
Then robs right and left for he goes it | J |
In earnest when once he's begun | D |
Descensus Averni he knows it | J |
It's easy for Gentleman One | D |
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The crash comes as soon as the seasons | K |
He loses his coin in a mine | L |
Or booming in land or for reasons | K |
Connected with women and wine | L |
Or maybe the cards or the horses | M |
A share of the damage have done | D |
No matter the end of the course is | N |
The same Re a Gentleman One | D |
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He struggles awhile to keep going | G |
To stave off detection and shame | O |
But creditors clamorous growing | G |
Ere long put an end to the game | O |
At length the poor soldier of Satan | D |
His course to a finish has run | D |
And just think of Windeyer waiting | G |
To deal with A Gentleman One | D |
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And some face it boldly and brazen | D |
The shame and the utter disgrace | P |
While others more sensitive hasten | D |
Their names and their deeds to efface | P |
They snap the frail thread which the Furies | P |
And Fates have so cruelly spun | D |
May the great Final Judge and His juries | P |
Have mercy on Gentleman One | D |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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