The Muses' Revenge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DADE FGFG BHBH I IJ KLKL CDCD MNMO PEQR SMSM THTH UHUH VHVH HRHR WW| AN ANECDOTE OF HELICON | A |
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| Once the nine all weeping came | B |
| To the god of song | C |
| Oh papa they there exclaim | B |
| Hear our tale of wrong | C |
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| Young ink lickers swarm about | D |
| Our dear Helicon | A |
| There they fight manoeuvre shout | D |
| Even to thy throne | E |
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| On their steeds they galop hard | F |
| To the spring to drink | G |
| Each one calls himself a bard | F |
| Minstrels only think | G |
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| There they how the thing to name | B |
| Would our persons treat | H |
| This without a blush of shame | B |
| We can ne'er repeat | H |
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| One in front of all then cries | I |
| 'I the army lead ' | - |
| Both his fists he wildly plies | I |
| Like a bear indeed | J |
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| Others wakes he in a trice | K |
| With his whistlings rude | L |
| But none follow though he twice | K |
| Has those sounds renewed | L |
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| He'll return he threats ere long | C |
| And he'll come no doubt | D |
| Father friend to lyric song | C |
| Please to show him out | D |
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| Father Phoebus laughing hears | M |
| The complaint they've brought | N |
| Don't be frightened pray my dears | M |
| We'll soon cut them short | O |
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| One must hasten to hell fire | P |
| Go Melpomene | E |
| Let a fury borrow lyre | Q |
| Notes and dress of thee | R |
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| Let her meet in this array | S |
| One of these vile crews | M |
| As though she had lost her way | S |
| Soon as night ensues | M |
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| Then with kisses dark I trust | T |
| They'll the dear child greet | H |
| Satisfying their wild lust | T |
| Just as it is meet | H |
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| Said and done Then one from hell | U |
| Soon was dressed aright | H |
| Scarcely had the prey they tell | U |
| Caught the fellow's sight | H |
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| Than as kites a pigeon follow | V |
| They attacked her straight | H |
| Part not all though I can swallow | V |
| Of what folks relate | H |
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| If fair boys were 'mongst the band | H |
| How came they to be | R |
| This I cannot understand | H |
| In such company | R |
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| The goddess a miscarriage had good lack | W |
| And was delivered of an Almanac | W |
Friedrich Schiller
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