The Impetuous Breeze And The Diplomatic Sun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII DJDKLL MNMIOO PMPMQQ MHMHII RSRSTT MMMMFF| A Boston man an ulster had | A |
| An ulster with a cape that fluttered | B |
| It smacked his face and made him mad | A |
| And polyglot remarks he uttered | B |
| I bought it at a bargain said he | C |
| I'm tired of the thing already | C |
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| The wind that chanced to blow that day | D |
| Was easterly and rather strong too | E |
| It loved to see the galling way | D |
| That clothes vex those whom they belong to | E |
| Now watch me cried this spell of weather | F |
| I'll rid him of it altogether | F |
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| It whirled the man across the street | G |
| It banged him up against a railing | H |
| It twined the ulster round his feet | G |
| But all of this was unavailing | H |
| For not without resource it found him | I |
| He drew the ulster closer round him | I |
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| My word the man was heard to say | D |
| Although I like not such abuse it's | J |
| Not strange the wind is strong to day | D |
| It always is in Massachusetts | K |
| Such weather threatens much the health of | L |
| Inhabitants this Commonwealth of | L |
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| The sun emerging from a rift | M |
| Between the clouds observed the victim | N |
| And how the wind beset and biffed | M |
| Belabored buffeted and kicked him | I |
| Said he This wind is doubtless new here | O |
| 'Tis quite the freshest ever blew here | O |
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| And then he put forth all his strength | P |
| His warmth with might and main exerted | M |
| Till upward in its tube at length | P |
| The mercury most nimbly spurted | M |
| Phenomenal the curious sight was | Q |
| So swift the rise in Fahrenheit was | Q |
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| The man supposed himself at first | M |
| The prey of some new mode of smelting | H |
| His pulses were about to burst | M |
| His every limb seemed slowly melting | H |
| And as the heat began to numb him | I |
| He cast the ulster wildly from him | I |
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| Impulsive breeze the use of force | R |
| Observed the sun a foolish act is | S |
| Perceiving which you see of course | R |
| How highly efficacious tact is | S |
| The wondering wind replied Good gracious | T |
| You're right about the efficacious | T |
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| THE MORAL deals as morals do | M |
| With tact and all its virtues boasted | M |
| But still I can't forget can you | M |
| That wretched man first chilled then roasted | M |
| Bronchitis seized him shortly after | F |
| And that's no cause for vulgar laughter | F |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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