Mesmerism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB BFBF BABBA| Aye you're a man that ye old mesmerizer | A |
| Tyin' your meanin' in seventy swadelin's | B |
| One must of needs be a hang'd early riser | A |
| To catch you at worm turning Holy Odd's body kins | B |
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| 'Cat's i' the water butt ' Thought's in your verse barrel | C |
| Tell us this thing rather then we'll believe you | D |
| You Master Bob Browning spite your apparel | C |
| Jump to your sense and give praise as we'd lief do | D |
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| You wheeze as a head cold long tonsilled Calliope | E |
| But God what a sight you ha' got o' our in'ards | B |
| Mad as a hatter but surely no Myope | E |
| Broad as all ocean and leanin' man kin'ards | B |
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| Heart that was big as the bowels of Vesuvius | B |
| Words that were wing'd as her sparks in eruption | F |
| Eagled and thundered as Jupiter Pluvius | B |
| Sound in your wind past all signs o' corruption | F |
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| Here's to you Old Hippety Hop o' the accents | B |
| True to the Truth's sake and crafty dissector | A |
| You grabbed at the gold sure had no need to pack cents | B |
| Into your versicles | B |
| Clear sight's elector | A |
Ezra Pound
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