Telemachus Versus Mentor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFGFHIFI JKLKMNON PQRQSS TUVURWW CGXYGY YYYTRR ZA2A2B2FB2 TB2C2B2D2D2WR E2E2RF2RF2 D2B2JB2G2B2B2 H2B2H2GB2I2B2

Don't mind me I beg you old fellow I'll do very well here aloneA
You must not be kept from your German because I've dropped in likeB
a stoneA
Leave all ceremony behind you leave all thought of aught butC
yourselfD
And leave if you like the Madeira and a dozen cigars on the shelfD
-
As for me you will say to your hostess well I scarcely need giveE
you a cueF
Chant my praise All will list to Apollo though Mercury pipe to aG
fewF
Say just what you please my dear boy there's more eloquence liesH
in youth's rashI
Outspoken heart impulse than ever growled under this grizzlingF
mustacheI
-
Go don the dress coat of our tyrant youth's panoplied armor forJ
fightK
And tie the white neckcloth that rumples like pleasure and lastsL
but a nightK
And pray the Nine Gods to avert you what time the Three SistersM
shall frownN
And you'll lose your high comedy figure and sit more at ease inO
your gownN
-
He's off There's his foot on the staircase By Jove what a boundP
Really nowQ
Did I ever leap like this springald with Love's chaplet green on myR
browQ
Was I such an ass No I fancy Indeed I remember quite plainS
A gravity mixed with my transports a cheerfulness softened my painS
-
He's gone There's the slam of his cab door there's the clatterT
of hoofs and the wheelsU
And while he the light toe is tripping in this armchair I'll tiltV
up my heelsU
He's gone and for what For a tremor from a waist like a teetotumR
spunW
For a rosebud that's crumpled by many before it is gathered by oneW
-
Is there naught in the halo of youth but the glow of a passionateC
race 'Midst the cheers and applause of a crowd to the goal of aG
beautiful faceX
A race that is not to the swift a prize that no merits enforceY
But is won by some faineant youth who shall simply walk over theG
courseY
-
Poor boy shall I shock his conceit When he talks of her cheek'sY
lovelinessY
Shall I say 'twas the air of the room and was due to carbonic excessY
That when waltzing she drooped on his breast and the veins of herT
eyelids grew dimR
'Twas oxygen's absence she felt but never the presence of himR
-
Shall I tell him first love is a fraud a weakling that's strangledZ
in birthA2
Recalled with perfunctory tears but lost in unsanctified mirthA2
Or shall I go bid him believe in all womankind's charm and forgetB2
In the light ringing laugh of the world the rattlesnake's gayF
castanetB2
-
Shall I tear out a leaf from my heart from that book that foreverT
is shutB2
On the past Shall I speak of my first love Augusta my LalageC2
ButB2
I forget Was it really Augusta No 'Twas Lucy No MaryD2
No DiD2
Never mind they were all first and faithless and yet I've forgottenW
just whyR
-
No no Let him dream on and ever Alas he will waken too soonE2
And it doesn't look well for October to always be preaching at JuneE2
Poor boy All his fond foolish trophies pinned yonder a bow fromR
HER hairF2
A few billets doux invitations and what's this My name IR
declareF2
-
Humph You'll come for I've got you a prize with beauty and moneyD2
no endB2
You know her I think 'twas on dit she once was engaged to yourJ
friendB2
But she says that's all over Ah is it Sweet Ethel incomparableG2
maidB2
Or what if the thing were a trick this letter so freely displayedB2
-
My opportune presence No nonsense Will nobody answer the bellH2
Call a cab Half past ten Not too late yet Oh Ethel Why don'tB2
you go WellH2
Master said you would wait Hang your master Have I ever aG
message to sendB2
Yes tell him I've gone to the German to dance with the friend ofI2
his friendB2

Bret Harte



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