A Glimpse Of China. Over The Samovar. {69a} Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE AFAF GHGH EHEH EIJI KLKM NENE| Foo chow | A |
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| Yes I used always to think | B |
| That you Russians knew | C |
| How to make the good drink | B |
| As none others do | C |
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| And I thought moreover | D |
| Not with the epicures | E |
| You might search the world over | D |
| For such women as yours | E |
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| In both these matters now | A |
| I perceive I was right | F |
| And I really can't tell you how | A |
| Much I delight | F |
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| In my third Thanks another cup | G |
| Idea of the fun | H |
| When your country gets up | G |
| And follows the sun | H |
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| And just as in Europe see | E |
| There's a conqueror nation | H |
| So why not in Asia be | E |
| A like jubilation | H |
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| Taught as well as organized b | E |
| The eternal Coolie | I |
| From being robbed and despised | J |
| Takes to cutting throats duly | I |
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| But please don't be flurried | K |
| For I daresay by then | L |
| You'll be comfortably buried | K |
| Ladies and gentlemen | M |
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| No more thanks I must be going | N |
| I'm so glad to have made this | E |
| Opportunity of knowing | N |
| Some more Russian ladies | E |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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