The Exception Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD EFEFGHGGD EAEAIDIID JKJKCLCCL| I dance upon the wash house roof | A |
| And fill my hair with straws | B |
| And from my fellows keep aloof | A |
| I'll tell you why because | B |
| The glare in every eye I see | C |
| I hear their talk inane | D |
| For sure as two and two are three | C |
| All all are mad as mad can be | C |
| And I alone am sane | D |
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| Jones says if we grow too much bread | E |
| The people may not eat | F |
| And Smith declares in nervous dread | E |
| More boots mean more bare feet | F |
| Black says the price of gold must jump | G |
| Ere men was rich again | H |
| White says the price of gold must slump | G |
| For all the world is off its chump | G |
| And I alone am sane | D |
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| I laugh and stand upon my head | E |
| Upon the wash house roof | A |
| If such an act men did not dread | E |
| I'm sure and certain proof | A |
| They'd see me right side up Why not | I |
| The thing's as plain as plain | D |
| But they look grave and gabble rot | I |
| For all the world is off its dot | I |
| And I alone am sane | D |
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| I am the great economist | J |
| I stick straws in my locks | K |
| For I've the truth that all have missed | J |
| In this world's paradox | K |
| If all mankind would but agree | C |
| Here lies our only hope | L |
| That two and two must equal three | C |
| They'd all grow sane again like me | C |
| And I'd stop chewing soap | L |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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