The Stalling Of Q.h.f. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDEFEF BGBGGHGH| Horace Epode | A |
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| Mollis inertia cur tantam diffuderit imis | B |
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| Maecenas you fret me you worry me | C |
| Demanding I turn out a rhyme | D |
| Insisting on reasons you hurry me | C |
| You want my Iambics on time | D |
| You say my ambition's diminishing | E |
| You ask why my poem's not done | F |
| The god it is keeps me from finishing | E |
| The stuff I've begun | F |
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| Be not so persistent so clamorous | B |
| Anacreon burned with a flame | G |
| Candescently crescently amorous | B |
| You rascal you're doing the same | G |
| Was no fairer the flame that burned Ilium | G |
| Cheer up you're a fortunate scamp | H |
| Consider avuncular William | G |
| And Phryne the vamp | H |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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