Alliterativism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDBEEB FFBEEB GGBHHB| FRENCH AIRMEN HAVE BEEN FLYING OVER BADEN AND | A |
| BAVARIA VIOLATING BELGIAN NEUTRALITY | B |
| Stated on German authority in the Westminster Gazette | C |
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| See the flying French depart | D |
| Like the bees of Bonaparte | D |
| Swarming up with a most venomous vitality | B |
| Over Baden and Bavaria | E |
| And Brighton and Bulgaria | E |
| Thus violating Belgian neutrality | B |
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| And the injured Prussian may | F |
| Not unreasonably say | F |
| Why it cannot be so small a nationality | B |
| Since Brixton and Batavia | E |
| Bolivia and Belgravia | E |
| Are bursting with the Belgian neutrality | B |
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| By pure Alliteration | G |
| You may trace this curious nation | G |
| And respect this somewhat scattered Principality | B |
| When you see a B in Both | H |
| You may take your Bible oath | H |
| You are violating Belgian neutrality | B |
G. K. Chesterton
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