Pope, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB AACC DEFF GGGG EEGG DDCC| The Pope he leads a happy life | A |
| He fears not married care nor strife | A |
| He drinks the best of Rhenish wine | B |
| I would the Pope's gay lot were mine | B |
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| But yet all happy's not his life | A |
| He has no maid nor blooming wife | A |
| No child has he to raise his hope | C |
| I would not wish to be the Pope | C |
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| The Sultan better pleases me | D |
| His is a life of jollity | E |
| He's wives as many as he will | F |
| I would the Sultan's throne then fill | F |
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| But even he's a wretched man | G |
| He must obey the Alcoran | G |
| He dare not drink one drop of wine | G |
| I would not change his lot for mine | G |
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| So here I'll take my lowly stand | E |
| I'll drink my own my native land | E |
| I'll kiss my maiden fair and fine | G |
| And drink the best of Rhenish wine | G |
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| And when my maiden kisses me | D |
| I'll think that I the Sultan be | D |
| And when my cheery glass I tope | C |
| I'll fancy then I am the Pope | C |
Charles James Lever
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