Forbidden Fruit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDC FGF HD IJKJLMLM| Eight days to beer A sigh sweeps thro' the nation | A |
| Sweeps like a gale from 'Frisco to New York | B |
| 'Say But it's tough this long anticipation | A |
| Oh boy I'm rarin' to get at that cork ' | C |
| Six days to beer Was ever waiting bleaker | D |
| And how the dull days drag their slow length by | E |
| 'Aw say Just let me at a foamin' beaker | D |
| But nothin' doin' I'm a legal guy ' | C |
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| Four days to beer How slowly Time is creeping | F |
| Turning the pages with a laggard hand | G |
| 'Say honey dope me so that I stay sleeping | F |
| Until the glorious Sixth dawns o'er the land ' | - |
| Two days to beer 'Shucks I can't wait much longer ' | - |
| One day to beer To luscious legal beer | H |
| 'Ah hold me honey help me to be stronger | D |
| Now attaboy The glorious Sixth is here ' | - |
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| 'Here's how Say What's the stunt This stuff is phoney | I |
| It aint got no kick It palls It disappoints | J |
| It's just the stuff that guys like Al Capone | K |
| An' such tough eggs sell in speakeasy joints | J |
| Here's me been lookin' for a time right regal | L |
| Lickin' me lips an' rarin' to begin | M |
| Sure this is beer all right but now it's legal | L |
| It don't taste half so good Say pass the gin' | M |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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