The Ghost: Book Ii (excerpt) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEEEFFGGHHIJKKF FLLMMNNEEOOEEPPEEA| A | |
| Pomposo insolent and loud | B |
| Vain idol of a scribbling crowd | B |
| Whose very name inspires an awe | C |
| Whose ev'ry word is sense and law | D |
| For what his greatness hath decreed | E |
| Like laws of Persia and of Mede | E |
| Sacred thro' all the realm of wit | E |
| Must never of repeal admit | E |
| Who cursing flatt'ry is the tool | F |
| Of ev'ry fawning flatt'ring fool | F |
| Who wit with jealous eye surveys | G |
| And sickens at another's praise | G |
| Who proudly seiz'd of learning's throne | H |
| Now damns all learning but his own | H |
| Who scorns those common wares to trade in | I |
| Reas'ning convincing and persuading | J |
| But makes each sentence current pass | K |
| With Puppy Coxcomb Scoundrel Ass | K |
| For 'tis with him a certain rule | F |
| The folly's prov'd when he calls fool | F |
| Who to increase his native strength | L |
| Draws words six syllables in length | L |
| With which assisted with a frown | M |
| By way of club he knocks us down | M |
| Who 'bove the vulgar dares to rise | N |
| And sense of decency defies | N |
| For this same decency is made | E |
| Only for bunglers in the trade | E |
| And like the cobweb laws is still | O |
| Broke thro' by great ones when they will | O |
| Pomposo with strong sense supplied | E |
| Supported and confirm'd by pride | E |
| His comrades' terrors to beguile | P |
| Grinn'd horribly a ghastly smile | P |
| Features so horrid were it light | E |
| Would put the Devil himself to flight | E |
| A |
Charles Churchill
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