Further Instructions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF ED GHI JKLMELNH| Come my songs let us express our baser passions | A |
| Let us express our envy for the man with a steady job and no worry about the future | B |
| You are very idle my songs | C |
| I fear you will come to a bad end | D |
| You stand about the streets You loiter at the corners and bus stops | E |
| You do next to nothing at all | F |
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| You do not even express our inner nobilitys | E |
| You will come to a very bad end | D |
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| And I I have gone half cracked | G |
| I have talked to you so much that I almost see you about me | H |
| Insolent little beasts Shameless Devoid of clothing | I |
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| But you newest song of the lot | J |
| You are not old enough to have done much mischief | K |
| I will get you a green coat out of China | L |
| With dragons worked upon it | M |
| I will get you the scarlet silk trousers | E |
| From the statue of the infant Christ at Santa Maria Novella | L |
| Lest they say we are lacking in taste | N |
| Or that there is no caste in this family | H |
Ezra Pound
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