The Artist And The Alderman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIJKCLC MNONO F PQRQFCLC| 'Give us gardens ' said the artist | A |
| 'Blatant brick and soulless stone | B |
| Never built a noble city | C |
| Man lives not by bread alone | B |
| Beauty brings for our enrichment | D |
| Smiling lawn and spreading tree ' | E |
| 'Bricks and mortar ' said the alderman | F |
| 'Bring in more s d ' | E |
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| As acid and alkali | G |
| Water and fire | H |
| The good and the evil | I |
| Discension inspire | J |
| As the cat and the dog | K |
| And the axe and the tree | C |
| So artists and aldermen | L |
| Never agree | C |
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| Said the artist 'Give us gardens | M |
| So to save the civic soul | N |
| Draw aesthetic men about you | O |
| Ere base ideals take control | N |
| Let artistic minds advise you | O |
| Lest you pay a shameful price ' | - |
| 'And who ' inquired the alderman | F |
| 'Needs any such advice ' | - |
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| As the cop and the crook | P |
| As the fool and the sage | Q |
| As light and the darkness | R |
| Hot youth and old age | Q |
| As the lamb and the lion | F |
| The ant and the bee | C |
| So artists and aldermen | L |
| Never agree | C |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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