The Unsainting Of Kavin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GCHC IJKL MBNB MOOO POQO RBSB KKGK BNKN OEKE TOTO UOOOSaint Kavin was a gentleman | A |
He came from Tipperary | B |
And woman was the only thing | C |
That ever made him scary | B |
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For Kavin was a tender youth | D |
And he was very simple | E |
He feared the wiles of maiden smiles | F |
And fainted at a dimple | E |
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But when Kathleen at seventeen | G |
Came down the street one morning | C |
The luck of man came over him | H |
And took him without warning | C |
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Afraid to meet a foolish fate | I |
By green sea or by dry land | J |
He fled away without delay | K |
And sought a desert island | L |
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But even there he felt despair | M |
For happiness is only | B |
The hope of doing something else | N |
And he was very lonely | B |
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He vowed to lead a life of prayer | M |
Because that he had lost her | O |
And every time he thought of her | O |
He said a Pater noster | O |
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Yet hard it is for man to change | P |
The less love for the greater | O |
And every time he reached Amen | Q |
He must go back to Pater | O |
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And so he grew a year or two | R |
Disconsolate and holy | B |
While friends he'd known long since had grown | S |
Papas and roly poly | B |
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Until one day one blessed day | K |
A moping like a Hindoo | K |
He saw Kathleen in mournful mien | G |
A passing by his window | K |
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He threw away his rosary | B |
His Paters and his Aves | N |
For love is stronger than the wind | K |
That wafts a thousand navies | N |
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The holy man went forth to war | O |
But not against the devil | E |
He led the maid within for shade | K |
And treated her most civil | E |
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He gave her cakes he gave her wine | T |
He set his best before her | O |
And then invited her to dine | T |
Thenceforth with her adorer | O |
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Her little head went round for joy | U |
She tried to kick the rafter | O |
So Kavin was a saint no more | O |
And happy ever after | O |
Bliss Carman (william)
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