The Gladstone Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCADEEFFGGHHIIJJ KKLLML| A's Aristides or Gladstone the Good | A |
| B is Lord B whom I'd crush if I could | A |
| C are Conservatives full of mad pranks | B |
| D are the Dunces who fill up their ranks | B |
| E stands for Ewelme of some notoriety | C |
| F for the Fuss made in Oxford society | C |
| G stands for Gladstone a hewer of wood | A |
| H is my Hatchet of merciless mood | D |
| I is the Irish Church which I cut down | E |
| J are the Jobs which I kill with a frown | E |
| K are the Knocks which I give and I take | F |
| L are the Liberals whom I forsake | F |
| M are the Ministry whom I revile | G |
| N are the Noodles my speeches beguile | G |
| O is the Office I mean to refuse | H |
| P is the Premier I long for his shoes | H |
| Q are the Qualms of my conscience refined | I |
| R is the Rhetoric nothing can bind | I |
| S is Herr Schliemann who loves much to walk about | J |
| T ancient Troy which I love much to talk about | J |
| U is the Union of Church and State | K |
| V are my former Views now out of date | K |
| W is William the People's 'True Bill ' | L |
| X is the Exit from power of that 'Will ' | L |
| Y is Young England who soon will unite | M |
| Z in fresh Zeal for the 'People's Delight ' | L |
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Edward Woodley Bowling
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