Why! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGHG CIJK LMNM OPQP RMST| Why is it we toil so | A |
| Where go all the gains | B |
| What do we produce for it | C |
| All our pangs and pains | B |
| - | |
| Why it is we toil so | A |
| Is it because like sheep | D |
| Since our fathers sought the shears | E |
| We the same course keep | D |
| - | |
| Where go all the gains Well | F |
| It must be confessed | G |
| First the landlords take the rent | H |
| And the masters take the rest | G |
| - | |
| What do we produce for it | C |
| Gentlemen and then | I |
| Imitation snobs who'd be | J |
| Like the gentlemen | K |
| - | |
| What is it for such as these | L |
| That we suffer thus | M |
| Fuddle brained and vicious fools | N |
| Vermin venomous | M |
| - | |
| What is that why on the top | O |
| Creeps that Royal Louse | P |
| The prince of pheasants and cigars | Q |
| Of ballet girls and grouse | P |
| - | |
| Yes that's why my Christian friends | R |
| They slave and slaughter us | M |
| England is made a dunghill that | S |
| Some bugs may breed and buzz | T |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Why!
Why! is a poem by Francis William Lauderdale Adams. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Why! poem by Francis William Lauderdale Adams
Best Poems of Francis William Lauderdale Adams