Culture And Cops Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFGH IJKJLL MNGNOO PQRQSS TEUEVV WBXBWW YZA2ZB2B2 C2D2E2D2B2B2 F2G2H2G2I2 I2I2T J2 I2I2I2 G2G2 I2K2 B2BL2BB2 I2M2I2M2N2 I2O2I2 J2 I2P2I2P2I2 Q2XR2XBB GS2T2 K2 XI2U2I2OO I2I2I2I2V2 I2W2TW2I2 X2I2Y2I2J2J2

Five nights agone I lay at restA
On my suburban couchB
My trousers on the bedpost hungC
Red gold within their pouchB
The twin gods Law and Order seemedD
To me all powerful as I dreamedD
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My life was staid my rates were paidE
And peace was in my mindF
Nor recked I of unruly menG
To evil deeds inclinedF
Strange primal atavistic menG
Who shock the peaceful citizenH
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But all the same by stealth he cameI
A man of vile intentJ
What cared he that my life was pureK
Or that I paid my rentJ
He willed to violate my shrineL
For household treasures that were mineL
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He planned to thieve my household goodsM
Heirlooms of divers kindsN
I cannot understand such menG
Nor fathom their dark mindsN
Why cannot they abjure all viceO
And be respectable and niceO
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With purpose vile and with a fileP
My window he attackedQ
A stealthy scratch upon the catchR
Awoke me to the factQ
Softly with sudden fear amazedS
A corner of the blind I raisedS
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I saw his face Oh what a manT
His manhood should degradeE
And seek to rob I checked a soU
Except in honest tradeE
A predatory face I sawV
That showed no reverence for LawV
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With whirring head I slid from bedW
Crept from my peaceful couchB
Forsook my trousers hanging thereX
Red gold within their pouchB
Out through my chamber door I fledW
And up the hallway softly spedW
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Into the murky night I stoleY
To see a certain copZ
Whose forthright feet patrol the beatA2
A stone's throw from my shopZ
In my pyjama suit went IB2
Across the moon dark clouds swept byB2
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I saw him draped upon a postC2
Like someone in a swoonD2
His buttons gleamed what time the cloudsE2
Released the troubled moonD2
He gazed upon the changing skyB2
A strange light in his dreamy eyeB2
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'Now haste thee cop ' I called aloudF2
And seized him by the armG2
'There is a wretch without my houseH2
Who bodes my treasure harm'G2
Toward the sky he waved a handI2
And answered 'Ain't that background grand '-
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'Nay gentle John ' said I 'attendI2
A thief my goods and goldI2
Seeks to purloin Go seize the manT
Before the trail is cold '-
'Those spires against the sky ' said heJ2
'Surcharged with beauty are to me '-
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'I give the man in charge ' I criedI2
'He is on evil bentI2
He seeks of all its treasured artI2
To strip my tenement '-
He answered as one in a dreamG2
'Ain't that a bonzer colour schemeG2
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'Them tortured clouds agen the moon '-
The foolish cop pursuedI2
'Remind me of some Whistler thingK2
But I prefer the nood '-
Said I 'Arrest this man of vice '-
Said he 'The nood is very nice '-
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'My pants ' cried I 'unguarded lieB2
Beside my peaceful couchB
My second best pair with the stripesL2
Red gold within their pouchB
Thieves Murder Burglars FIRE ' cried IB2
Sighed he 'Oh spires against the sky '-
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Then in my pink pyjamas cladI2
I danced before his eyesM2
In anger impotent I soughtI2
His car with savage criesM2
He pushed me from him with a moanN2
'Go 'way ' he said 'You're out of tone '-
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'Why do I pay my rates ' I yelledI2
'What are policemen forO2
Come I demand good cop demandI2
Protection from the law '-
'You're out of drorin' too ' said heJ2
'Still s'pose I better go an' see '-
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I guided him a down the streetI2
And now he stayed to viewP2
The changing sky and now he pausedI2
Before some aspect newP2
And thus at length we gained my gateI2
'Too late ' I cried 'Alas too late '-
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Too late to save my household godsQ2
My treasures rich and rareX
My ransacked cupboards yawned agapeR2
My sideboard too was bareX
And there beside my tumbled couchB
My trousers lay with rifled pouchB
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'Now haste thee cop ' I called againG
'Let not thy footsteps lagS2
The thief can not be far awayT2
Haste to regain the swag '-
His arms I saw him outward flingK2
He moaned 'Where did you get that thing '-
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With startled state I looked to whereX
His anguished gaze was bentI2
And hanging by my wardrobe wasU2
A Christmas SupplementI2
A thing I'd got for little priceO
And framed because I thought it niceO
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It was a Coloured SupplementI2
The frame I thought was neatI2
It showed a dog a little maidI2
Whose face was very sweetI2
A kitten and some odds and endsV2
The title rather apt was 'Friends '-
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'Accursed Philistine ' I heardI2
The strange policeman hissW2
Between his teeth 'O wretched manT
Was I hired here for thisW2
O Goth Suburbanite RepentI2
Tear down that Christmas Supplement '-
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And as athwart my burgled paneX2
The tortured storm wrack racedI2
He bowed his head upon his handsY2
And wept and wept and weptI2
So on the whole it seems to meJ2
Art and policemen don't agreeJ2

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis



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