Song Of The Six Hundred M.p.'s Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA ACDE FGG HCCC CAG GIG| We are 'ere met together | A |
| in this momentous hower | A |
| Ter lick th' bankers' dirty boots | B |
| an' keep the Bank in power | A |
| - | |
| We are 'ere met together | A |
| ter grind the same old axes | C |
| And keep the people in its place | D |
| a'payin' us the taxes | E |
| - | |
| We are six hundred beefy men | F |
| but mostly gas and suet | G |
| An every year we meet to let | G |
| some other feller do it ' | - |
| - | |
| I see their 'igh 'ats on the seats | H |
| an' them sprawling on the benches | C |
| And thinks about a Rowton 'ouse | C |
| and a lot of small street stenches | C |
| - | |
| 'O Britain muvver of parliaments | C |
| 'ave you seen yer larst sweet litter | A |
| Could yeh swap th' brains of orl this lot | G |
| fer 'arft a pint o' bitter ' | - |
| - | |
| I couldn't ' she sez an' I aint tried | G |
| They're me own ' she sez to me | I |
| As footlin' a lot as was ever spawned | G |
| to defend democracy ' | - |
Ezra Pound
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