Ballade Of Unfortunate Mammals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC B BCBC| Love is sharper than stones or sticks | A |
| Lone as the sea and deeper blue | B |
| Loud in the night as a clock that ticks | A |
| Longer lived than the Wandering Jew | B |
| Show me a love was done and through | B |
| Tell me a kiss escaped its debt | C |
| Son to your death you'll pay your due | B |
| Women and elephants never forget | C |
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| Ever a man alas would mix | A |
| Ever a man heigh ho must woo | B |
| So he's left in the world old fix | A |
| Thus is furthered the sale of rue | B |
| Son your chances are thin and few | B |
| Won't you ponder before you're set | C |
| Shoot if you must but hold in view | B |
| Women and elephants never forget | C |
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| Down from Caesar past Joynson Hicks | A |
| Echoes the warning ever new | B |
| Though they're trained to amusing tricks | A |
| Gentler they than the pigeon's coo | B |
| Careful son of the curs'ed two | B |
| Either one is a dangerous pet | C |
| Natural history proves it true | B |
| Women and elephants never forget | C |
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| L'ENVOI | B |
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| Prince a precept I'd leave for you | B |
| Coined in Eden existing yet | C |
| Skirt the parlor and shun the zoo | B |
| Women and elephants never forget | C |
Dorothy Parker
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