Erring In Company Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNON PQPQ R| If I have erred I err in company with Abraham Lincoln | A |
| Theodore Roosevelt | B |
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| If e'er my rhyming be at fault | C |
| If e'er I chance to scribble dope | D |
| If that my metre ever halt | C |
| I err in company with Pope | D |
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| An that my grammar go awry | E |
| An that my English be askew | F |
| Sooth I can prove an alibi | E |
| The Bard of Avon did it too | F |
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| If often toward the bottled grape | G |
| My errant fancy fondly turns | H |
| Remember leering jackanape | G |
| I err in company with Burns | H |
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| If now and then I sigh Mine own | I |
| Unto another's wedded wife | J |
| Remember I am not alone | I |
| Hast ever read Lord Byron's Life | J |
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| If frequently I fret and fume | K |
| And absolutely will not smile | L |
| I err in company with Hume | K |
| Old Socrates and T Carlyle | L |
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| If e'er I fail in etiquette | M |
| And foozle on The Proper Stuff | N |
| Regarding manners don't forget | O |
| A Tennyson's were pretty tough | N |
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| Eke if I err upon the side | P |
| Of talking overmuch of Me | Q |
| I err it cannot be denied | P |
| In most illustrious company | Q |
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| Franklin P Adams | R |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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