The Barter Boom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAAAC AADEEDFFBGHB IFIFAJAAAJ AABBBBKKBBBB| Now since man became a martyr | A |
| To this economic stress | B |
| He has sought relief in barter | A |
| From financial wretchedness | B |
| So dispensing with the banker | A |
| If you've aught to trade at all | C |
| Any thing for which you hanker | A |
| From a needle to an anchor | A |
| From a slipway to a spanker | A |
| Is at call | C |
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| So now what have you to proffer | A |
| Make an offer Make an offer | A |
| Here's a punting gent prepared to make a deal | D |
| He'll exchange a betting system | E |
| All the winners never missed 'em | E |
| For a pair of boots size seven and a meal | D |
| Here's a trusted politician | F |
| Giving up his great position | F |
| Voters vacillate so shamefully alas | B |
| And he'll take a steady billet | G |
| Confident that he can fill it | H |
| For a pile of Hansards and one nice gold pass | B |
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| Here's a motorist who lately | I |
| Slightly sozzled bent on fun | F |
| Somewhat prone unfortunately | I |
| To the game of hit and run | F |
| Just involved in a disaster | A |
| Swop one bent car arted high | J |
| Simplest in the world to master | A |
| Eighty m p h or faster | A |
| For a roll of sticking plaster | A |
| And a good safe alibi | J |
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| Now then what have you to proffer | A |
| Make an offer any offer | A |
| A poet licensed offers here a chance | B |
| Ten Centenary effusions | B |
| Odes one set of young illusions | B |
| For a top coat and a pair of unpatched pants | B |
| Here's a City Council willing | K |
| To accept some concrete filling | K |
| Headache powders and a quantity of bricks | B |
| For some fancy flags all nations | B |
| Sundry faded decorations | B |
| And a great big blithering pile of lollysticks | B |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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