King Cotton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBB DEDEEE FGFGGG HIHIII JKJKKK| Old Cotton is king boys aha | A |
| With his locks so fleecy and white | B |
| He shines among kings like a star | C |
| And his is the sceptre of right | B |
| Boys of right | B |
| And his is the sceptre of right | B |
| - | |
| Old Cotton the king has no care | D |
| No queen and no heir to his throne | E |
| No courtiers his triumphs to share | D |
| He rules his dominions alone | E |
| Boys alone | E |
| He rules his dominions alone | E |
| - | |
| Old Cotton the merry old boy | F |
| Like smoke from the pipe in his mouth | G |
| His years glide away in their joy | F |
| At home in the warm sunny south | G |
| Boys the south | G |
| At home in the warm sunny south | G |
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| Old Cotton will pleasantly reign | H |
| When other kings painfully fall | I |
| And ever and ever remain | H |
| The mightiest monarch of all | I |
| Boys of all | I |
| The mightiest monarch of all | I |
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| Then here's to old Cotton the king | J |
| His true loyal subjects are we | K |
| We'll laugh and we'll quaff and we'll sing | J |
| A jolly old fellow is he | K |
| Boys is he | K |
| A jolly old fellow is he | K |
George Pope Morris
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