Ballade Of Ancient Acts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDDD BCBCCDCD BCBCDCD E CDCD| AFTER HENLEY | A |
| - | |
| Where are the wheezes they essayed | B |
| And where the smiles they made to flow | C |
| Where's Caron's seltzer siphon laid | B |
| A squirt from which laid Herbert low | C |
| Where's Charlie Case's comic woe | C |
| And Georgie Cohan's nasal drawl | D |
| The afterpiece The olio | D |
| Into the night go one and all | D |
| - | |
| Where are the japeries fresh or frayed | B |
| That Fields and Lewis used to throw | C |
| Where is the horn that Shepherd played | B |
| The slide trombone that Wood would blow | C |
| Amelia Glover's l f toe | C |
| The Rays and their domestic brawl | D |
| Bert Williams with Oh I Don't Know | C |
| Into the night go one and all | D |
| - | |
| Where's Lizzy Raymond peppy jade | B |
| The braggart Lew the simple Joe | C |
| And where the Irish servant maid | B |
| That Jimmie Russel used to show | C |
| Ben Harney's where And Artie Hall | D |
| Nash Walker Darktown's grandest beau | C |
| Into the night go one and all | D |
| - | |
| L'ENVOI | E |
| - | |
| Prince though our children laugh Ho Ho | C |
| At us who gleefully would fall | D |
| For acts that played the Long Ago | C |
| Into the night go one and all | D |
Franklin Pierce Adams
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Ballade Of Ancient Acts
Ballade Of Ancient Acts is a poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Ballade Of Ancient Acts poem by Franklin Pierce Adams
Best Poems of Franklin Pierce Adams