The Beaconsfield Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEAAFFEEGGEEHH AAAAEE| A's my new policy called Annexation | A |
| B is the Bother it causes the nation | A |
| C is Lord Chelmsford engaged with Zulus | B |
| D the Disasters which give me 'the blues ' | C |
| E is the Effort I make to look merry | D |
| F is my Failure deplorable very | D |
| G is Sir Garnett alas not ubiquitous | E |
| H stands for H t an M P iniquitous | E |
| I stands for India a source of vexation | A |
| J are the Jews a most excellent nation | A |
| K is the Khedive whose plan is to borrow | F |
| L L s d I'll annex him to morrow | F |
| M's the Majority which I much prize | E |
| N are the Non contents whom I despise | E |
| O's the Opposition so often defeated | G |
| P is P ll that Home ruler conceited | G |
| Q are the Questions put by noble Lords | E |
| R my Responses more cutting than swords | E |
| S is the Sultan my friend true and warm | H |
| T are the Turks whom I hope to reform | H |
| U's my Utopia Cyprus I mean | A |
| V is Victoria my Empress and Queen | A |
| W's the World which ere long I shall own | A |
| X is the sign of my power unknown | A |
| Y is the Yacht I shall keep in the Red Sea | E |
| Z the Zulus whom I wish in the Dead Sea | E |
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Edward Woodley Bowling
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