The Song Of Right And Wrong Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FCAFGHFH IJKJILIL MLJLCNAN| Feast on wine or fast on water | A |
| And your honour shall stand sure | B |
| God Almighty's son and daughter | A |
| He the valiant she the pure | B |
| If an angel out of heaven | C |
| Brings you other things to drink | D |
| Thank him for his kind attentions | E |
| Go and pour them down the sink | D |
| - | |
| Tea is like the East he grows in | F |
| A great yellow Mandarin | C |
| With urbanity of manner | A |
| And unconsciousness of sin | F |
| All the women like a harem | G |
| At his pig tail troop along | H |
| And like all the East he grows in | F |
| He is Poison when he's strong | H |
| - | |
| Tea although an Oriental | I |
| Is a gentleman at least | J |
| Cocoa is a cad and coward | K |
| Cocoa is a vulgar beast | J |
| Cocoa is a dull disloyal | I |
| Lying crawling cad and clown | L |
| And may very well be grateful | I |
| To the fool that takes him down | L |
| - | |
| As for all the windy waters | M |
| They were rained like tempests down | L |
| When good drink had been dishonoured | J |
| By the tipplers of the town | L |
| When red wine had brought red ruin | C |
| And the death dance of our times | N |
| Heaven sent us Soda Water | A |
| As a torment for our crimes | N |
G. K. Chesterton
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