Gentle Doctor Brown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCAA DDAA EEFF DDGG DDHH IIAA| It was a gentle sawbones and his name was Doctor Brown | A |
| His auto was the terror of a small suburban town | A |
| His practice quite amazing for so trivial a place | B |
| Consisted of the victims of his homicidal pace | B |
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| So constant was his practice and so high his motor's gear | C |
| That at knocking down pedestrians he never had a peer | C |
| But it must in simple justice be as truly written down | A |
| That no man could be more thoughtful than gentle Doctor Brown | A |
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| Whatever was the errand on which Doctor Brown was bent | D |
| He'd stop to patch a victim up and never charged a cent | D |
| He'd always pause whoever 'twas he happened to run down | A |
| A humane and a thoughtful man was gentle Doctor Brown | A |
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| How fortunate he would observe How fortunate 'twas I | E |
| That knocked you galley west and heard your wild and wailing cry | E |
| There are some heartless wretches who would leave you here alone | F |
| Without a sympathetic ear to catch your dying moan | F |
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| Such callousness said Doctor Brown I cannot comprehend' | D |
| To fathom such indifference I simply don't pretend | D |
| One ought to do his duty and I never am remiss | G |
| A simple word of thanks is all I ask Here swallow this | G |
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| Then reaching in the tonneau he'd unpack his little kit | D |
| And perform an operation that was workmanlike and fit | D |
| You may survive said Doctor Brown it's happened once or twice | H |
| If not you've had the benefit of competent advice | H |
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| Oh if all our motormaniacs were equally humane | I |
| How little bitterness there'd be or reason to complain | I |
| How different our point of view if we were ridden down | A |
| By lunatics as thoughtful as gentle Doctor Brown | A |
Bert Leston Taylor
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