The Over-fed Fuse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDECE FGFGHGIBIBJB KLKLMN NONOPO QRQR R STSTUT VWVWXW HNHNC| He has made many meals | A |
| On the Lib'rals of late | B |
| And the way that he feels | A |
| May be judged by his state | B |
| For the fact that he has indigestion | C |
| Is needless almost to relate | B |
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| In the Kingdom of wade | D |
| He has eaten with zest | E |
| That is plainly displayed | D |
| By the girth of his vest | E |
| Now he's hungrily eyeing McGowen | C |
| And Dacey and some of the rest | E |
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| With repletion he's sighed | F |
| In the south cabbage plot | G |
| For he's quite satisfied | F |
| With the feed he has got | G |
| For the Libs they were many and juicy | H |
| And lo he has gobbled the lot | G |
| They have fed him on sops | I |
| In the far nortern State | B |
| He is licking his chops | I |
| He is feeling first rate | B |
| They have named him Phidkilp in that district | J |
| Where he's dined rather largely of late | B |
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| There was quite a to do | K |
| When he lunched in South Oss | L |
| For he ate quite a few | K |
| Ere they noticed the loss | L |
| But he finished his feed without winking | M |
| And is by one mouthful the boss | N |
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| He has chewed all the Libs | N |
| On the old Apple Isle | O |
| He has patted his ribs | N |
| With a satisfied smile | O |
| And now he's quite fat and contented | P |
| And likely rest for a while | O |
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| In the Federal crib | Q |
| He has dines on 'em roast | R |
| He's had hot devilled Lib | Q |
| And a Deakin on toast | R |
| But he's feeling 'too full after eating ' | - |
| And languidly cheerful at most | R |
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| For this Liberal diet | S |
| Has filled him right out | T |
| He has grown very quiet | S |
| Exceedingly stout | T |
| And he's taken a nap after dinner | U |
| And has slept the session quite out | T |
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| Let us hope that some day | V |
| When he wakes in a huff | W |
| The electors will say | V |
| He has had quite enough | W |
| And prescribe him a Labor emetic | X |
| And restrict him to plain Tory duff | W |
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| In the sweet soon to be | H |
| When we open our NEWS | N |
| Or our AGE or D T | H |
| Or whate'r we peruse | N |
| We shall read 'SUDDEN DEATH OF A GLUTTON | C |
| THE FATE OF AN OVER FED FUSE ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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