A Satisfactory Reform Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADAD EFGFHIJI KLHLHMNN NFHFEBOB EBOBAJNJ| A merry burgomaster | A |
| In a burgh upon the Rhine | B |
| Said Our burghers all are | C |
| Far too fond of drinking wine | B |
| So the merry burgomaster | A |
| When the burgomasters met | D |
| Bade them look into the matter | A |
| Ere the thing went farther yet | D |
| - | |
| And the merry burgomasters | E |
| Did decide the only way | F |
| To alleviate the evil | G |
| Without worry or delay | F |
| Would be just to call a meeting | H |
| Of the burghers great and small | I |
| And then open every wine cask | J |
| And proceed to drink it all | I |
| - | |
| For they said when we have swallowed | K |
| Every drop that's in the land | L |
| There can be no more of drinking | H |
| It is plain to understand | L |
| So they called a monster meeting | H |
| And the burghers small and great | M |
| Drank and drank until they were too | N |
| Tipsy to perambulate | N |
| - | |
| But there still was wine in plenty | N |
| So in sooth the only way | F |
| Was to call another meeting | H |
| So they called it for next day | F |
| Thus from day to day the burghers | E |
| Met and swallowed seas of wine | B |
| And they vowed the reformation | O |
| Was a mission quite divine | B |
| - | |
| And today the worthy burghers | E |
| In that burgh upon the Rhine | B |
| Still continue their great mission | O |
| And still swallow seas of wine | B |
| And they vow they will not falter | A |
| In their great reforming task | J |
| Till the last drop has been emptied | N |
| From the very last wine cask | J |
Ellis Parker Butler
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