Elderly Gentleman, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA AA AA AA AA AA| By the side of a murmuring stream an elderly gentleman sat | A |
| On the top of his head was a wig and a top of his wig was his hat | A |
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| The wind it blew high and blew strong as the elderly gentleman sat | A |
| And bore from his head in a trice and plunged in the river his hat | A |
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| The gentleman then took his cane which lay by his side as he sat | A |
| And he dropped in the river his wig in attempting to get out his hat | A |
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| His breast it grew cold with despair and full in his eye madness sat | A |
| So he flung in the river his cane to swim with his wig and his hat | A |
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| Cool reflection at last came across while this elderly gentleman sat | A |
| So he thought he would follow the stream and look for his cane wig and hat | A |
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| His head being thicker than common o'er balanced the rest of his fat | A |
| And in plumped this son of a woman to follow his wig cane and hat | A |
George Canning
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