Kemal - The Posh Pasha Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHIHJDKF LMNMODPF QDRDSDTF| We have heard of the mythical lands of the East | A |
| And of caliphs and sultans galore | B |
| Of Haroun al Raschid of Abdul the beast | A |
| And dark deeds by the Bosphorous shore | B |
| But the picture we knew fades completely from view | C |
| When we glimpse modern wonders that are | D |
| In the wonderful land of the greatest of Turks | E |
| Of Mustapha Kemal Pasha | F |
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| With a wave of his hand he has altered his land | G |
| From a fabulous country and strange | H |
| To an organised State wide awake up to date | I |
| And he's made them content with the change | H |
| Bastinado and bow strings and bodies in bags | J |
| And the flash of the sharp scimitar | D |
| Are but memories dim since they learned pep and vim | K |
| From Mustapha Kemal Pasha | F |
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| No magician of old ever dared to unfold | L |
| Such a box of tricks and strange spells | M |
| To the joy of the males he has banished the veils | N |
| From the faces of Bosphorous belles | M |
| Now with lip stick and shingle they joyfully mingle | O |
| With crowds in the modern bazaar | D |
| Whilst straw hatted young bloods in swish tailor made duds | P |
| Swear by Mustapha Kemal Pasha | F |
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| Cross legged on a couch cross grained with a grouch | Q |
| Old die hards smoke hookahs and glower | D |
| As they sigh for the days of the fez and old ways | R |
| With harems and intrigues in flower | D |
| But the light hearted lads give the bird to their dads | S |
| While they puff at a fag or cigar | D |
| To have all their trust as Mustapha must | T |
| Must gladden Mustapha Pasha | F |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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