Ballade Of An Anti-puritan, A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC BBBBBCBC BBBBBCBC D BCBC| They spoke of Progress spiring round | A |
| Of Light and Mrs Humphry Ward | B |
| It is not true to say I frowned | A |
| Or ran about the room and roared | B |
| I might have simply sat and snored | B |
| I rose politely in the club | C |
| And said I feel a little bored | B |
| Will someone take me to a pub | C |
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| The new world's wisest did surround | B |
| Me and it pains me to record | B |
| I did not think their views profound | B |
| Or their conclusions well assured | B |
| The simple life I can't afford | B |
| Besides I do not like the grub | C |
| I want a mash and sausage scored | B |
| Will someone take me to a pub | C |
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| I know where Men can still be found | B |
| Anger and clamorous accord | B |
| And virtues growing from the ground | B |
| And fellowship of beer and board | B |
| And song that is a sturdy cord | B |
| And hope that is a hardy shrub | C |
| And goodness that is God's last word | B |
| Will someone take me to a pub | C |
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| ENVOI | D |
| - | |
| Prince Bayard would have smashed his sword | B |
| To see the sort of knights you dub | C |
| Is that the last of them O Lord | B |
| Will someone take me to a pub | C |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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