Alliterativism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDC EECDD FFCGHC IICJJC| THE LATEST SCHOOL | A |
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| See the flying French depart | B |
| Like the bees of Bonaparte | B |
| Swarming up with a most venomous vitality | C |
| Over Baden and Bavaria | D |
| And Brighton and Bulgaria | D |
| Thus violating Belgian neutrality | C |
| - | |
| And the injured Prussian may | E |
| Not unreasonably say | E |
| 'Why it cannot be so small a nationality | C |
| Since Brixton and Batavia | D |
| Bolivia and Belgravia | D |
| Are bursting with the Belgian neutrality ' | - |
| - | |
| Beluchistan and Bonn | F |
| Braemar and Babylon | F |
| All feel the French offence against legality | C |
| And Boston and Bilbao | G |
| And Bucks and Bulawayo | H |
| Will perish for their Belgian neutrality | C |
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| By pure Alliteration | I |
| You may trace this curious nation | I |
| And respect this somewhat scattered principality | C |
| When you see a B in Both | J |
| You may take your Bible oath | J |
| You are violating Belgian neutrality | C |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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