The Fowl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAABC DEFDDEE CGCCCGG| A noble lesson this should teach | A |
| Dear children unto you | B |
| If other people's goods you reach | A |
| Of rectitude 'twill be a breach | A |
| Or parsons will your virtues preach | A |
| According to the point of view | B |
| Or to the kind of folks you 'do' | C |
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| You steal a chicken off a fence | D |
| With wrath the pious shake | E |
| Although you say with eloquence | F |
| The owner used it ill and hence | D |
| You kindly sought to recompense | D |
| The bird for troubles past and make | E |
| It happier for Heaven's sake | E |
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| But if you are a statesman grand | C |
| And ships and armies raise | G |
| To steel some feeble niggers' land | C |
| To make its folks a Christian band | C |
| To take their moral weal in hand | C |
| The Empire echoes with your praise | G |
| And churches bless you all your days | G |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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