Robert Southey Burke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEGFHCIAJKLMCCF NOP| I spent my money trying to elect you Mayor | A |
| A D Blood | B |
| I lavished my admiration upon you | C |
| You were to my mind the almost perfect man | D |
| You devoured my personality | E |
| And the idealism of my youth | F |
| And the strength of a high souled fealty | E |
| And all my hopes for the world | G |
| And all my beliefs in Truth | F |
| Were smelted up in the blinding heat | H |
| Of my devotion to you | C |
| And molded into your image | I |
| And then when I found what you were | A |
| That your soul was small | J |
| And your words were false | K |
| As your blue white porcelain teeth | L |
| And your cuffs of celluloid | M |
| I hated the love I had for you | C |
| I hated myself I hated you | C |
| For my wasted soul and wasted youth | F |
| And I say to all beware of ideals | N |
| Beware of giving your love away | O |
| To any man alive | P |
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