A Gotham Garden Of Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE A FFCC GGHH IIJJ KKLL A MMNN K OO| I | A |
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| In summer when the days are hot | B |
| The subway is delayed a lot | B |
| In winter quite the selfsame thing | C |
| In autumn also and in spring | C |
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| And does it not seem strange to you | D |
| That transportation is askew | D |
| In this I pray restrain your mirth | E |
| In this the Greatest Town on Earth | E |
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| II | A |
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| All night long and every night | F |
| The neighbors dance for my delight | F |
| I hear the people dance and sing | C |
| Like practically anything | C |
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| Women and men and girls and boys | G |
| All making curious kinds of noise | G |
| And dancing in so weird a way | H |
| I never saw the like by day | H |
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| So loud a show was never heard | I |
| As that which yesternight occurred | I |
| They danced and sang as I have said | J |
| As I lay wakeful in my bed | J |
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| They shout and cry and yell and laugh | K |
| And play upon the phonograph | K |
| And endlessly I count the sheep | L |
| Endeavouring to fall asleep | L |
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| III | A |
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| It is very nice to think | M |
| This town is full of meat and drink | M |
| That is I'd think it very nice | N |
| If my pappa but had the price | N |
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| IV | K |
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| This town is so full of a number of folks | O |
| I'm sure there will always be matter for jokes | O |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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