Elegy Written In A Country Coal-bin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFEF GHGH IJIJ| THE furnace tolls the knell of falling steam | A |
| The coal supply is virtually done | B |
| And at this price indeed it does not seem | A |
| As though we could afford another ton | B |
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| Now fades the glossy cherished anthracite | C |
| The radiators lose their temperature | D |
| How ill avail on such a frosty night | C |
| The 'short and simple flannels of the poor ' | - |
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| Though in the icebox fresh and newly laid | E |
| The rude forefathers of the omlet sleep | F |
| No eggs for breakfast till the bill is paid | E |
| We cannot cook again till coal is cheap | F |
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| Can Morris chair or papier m ch bust | G |
| Revivify the falling pressure gage | H |
| Chop up the grand piano if you must | G |
| And burn the East Aurora parrot cage | H |
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| Full many a can of purest kerosene | I |
| The dark unfathomed tanks of Standard Oil | J |
| Shall furnish me and with their aid I mean | I |
| To bring my morning coffee to a boil | J |
Christopher Morley
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