National Song (e.c.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJI FFKK| There is no land like England | A |
| Where banks rise day by day | B |
| There are no banks like English banks | C |
| To make the people pay | B |
| - | |
| There is no such land of castles | D |
| Where an Englishman is free | E |
| To read his smutty literature | F |
| With muffins at his tea | E |
| - | |
| Chorus | G |
| For the French have comic papers | H |
| Not that nice Britons read 'em | I |
| But the bawdy little Britons | J |
| Have bank sharks to bleed 'em | I |
| - | |
| And to keep an eye on their readin' matter | F |
| Lest they should overhear the distressing chatter | F |
| Of the new economical theories | K |
| And ask inconvenient queetfes | K |
Ezra Pound
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About National Song (e.c.)
National Song (e.c.) is a poem by Ezra Pound. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about National Song (e.c.) poem by Ezra Pound
Best Poems of Ezra Pound