Aldermen And Antirrhinum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEF GEB HH BEE A IIJ AAKK| I walked out with an alderman all on a bright spring day | A |
| He was an august alderman and much had he to say | A |
| Of roads and drains and bridges Then as he pulled up short | B |
| His veins stood out in ridges his breath fled with a snort | B |
| Then anger aldermanic came as the tempest comes | C |
| His aspect grew satanic his eyes stuck out like plums | C |
| And as it rent asunder the ambient atmosphere | D |
| Rolled detonating thunder of civic wrath severe | D |
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| 'Tear down them antirrhium Tear down them columbine | E |
| Or else by gum we'll fine 'em We'll mulct in a fine | E |
| I won't have antirrhinum To Tophet I consign 'em | F |
| Surveyors can't align 'em plumb with our buildin' line ' | - |
| They were begonias truly but that did not unduly | G |
| Affect his wrath unruly The darn things weren't in line | E |
| 'A blot on civic beauty The Mayor must do his jooty | B |
| An' have them antirrhinum abolished or resign ' | - |
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| Then as his rage he swallowed and joined the traffic's stream | H |
| I diffidently followed and sought to change the theme | H |
| 'Think you the vernal season ' quoth I 'grows subtly sweet ' | - |
| Said he 'That ain't no reason for shovin' in the street | B |
| Them bloomin' antirrhinum three inches off the line | E |
| Our officers must fine 'em It's breakin' Bylaw nine | E |
| Part seven Schedule thirty Clause eight in Section A ' | - |
| He really seemed quite shirty and so I sneaked away | A |
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| But still o'er traffic crashes I heard his strident tones | I |
| 'Them antirrhinum clashes with our pretty safety zones | I |
| Calliopsis an' eschscholtzia In streets where soft trams roll | J |
| It's a pitcher that revolts yeh if yeh got a civic soul ' | - |
| And then his fuming faded faint and far it died away | A |
| 'Pon my word I felt quite jaded I'd had a trying day | A |
| And tho' it seem splenetic from this truth I may not shrink | K |
| Aldermen are NOT aesthetic Not so very do you think | K |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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