In The Royal Academy. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB B CCD E DF B EE E GGHH B IIJJKKLLMMNN E OO B KKA B K B PQ E PR B R E IISSTU B TVV E KKKKKK B LLO E LLWW W XX E YYWWUUKK W KKIZA2A2W B2 KK W K U C2C2WW

HUGH on furloughA
HELEN his cousinB
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HELENB
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They have not come And ten is pastC
Unless by chance my watch is fastC
Aunt Mabel surely told us tenD
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HUGHE
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I doubt if she can do it thenD
In fact their trainF
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HELENB
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That is you knewE
How could you be so treacherous HughE
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HUGHE
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Nay it is scarcely mine the crimeG
One can't account for railway timeG
Where shall we sit Not here I voteH
At least there's nothing here of noteH
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HELENB
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Then here we'll stay please Once for allI
I bar all artists great and smallI
From now until we go in JuneJ
I shall hear nothing but this tuneJ
Whether I like Long's Vashti orK
Like Leslie's Naughty Kitty moreK
With all that critics right or wrongL
Have said of Leslie and of LongL
No If you value my esteemM
I beg you'll take another themeM
Paint me some pictures if you willN
But spare me these for good and illN
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HUGHE
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Paint you some pictures Come that's kindO
You know I'm nearly colour blindO
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HELENB
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Paint then in words You did beforeK
Scenes at where was it DustypoorK
You knowA
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HUGH with an inspirationB
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I'll tryK
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HELENB
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But mind they're prettyP
Not hog huntsQ
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HUGHE
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You shall be CommitteeP
And say if they are out or inR
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HELENB
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I shall reject them all BeginR
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HUGHE
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Here is the first An antique HallI
Like Chanticlere with panelled wallI
A boy or rather lad A girlS
Laughing with all her rows of pearlS
Before a portrait in a ruffT
He meanwhile watchesU
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HELENB
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That's enoughT
It wants verve brio breadth designV
Besides it's English I declineV
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HUGHE
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This is the next 'Tis finer farK
A foaming torrent say BraemarK
A pony grazing by a boulderK
Then the same pair a little olderK
Left by some lucky chance togetherK
He begs her for a sprig of heatherK
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HELENB
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Which she accords with smile seraphicL
I know it it was in the GraphicL
DeclinedO
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HUGHE
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Once more and I foregoL
All hopes of hanging high or lowL
Behold the hero of the sceneW
In bungalow and palankeenW
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HELENW
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What all at once But that's absurdX
Unless he's Sir Boyle Roche's birdX
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HUGHE
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Permit me 'Tis a PanoramaY
In which the person of the dramaY
Mid orientals dusk and tawnyW
Mid warriors drinking brandy pawneeW
Mid scorpions dowagers and griffinsU
In morning rides at noon day tiffinsU
In every kind of place and weatherK
Is solaced by a sprig of heatherK
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More seriouslyW
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He puts that faded scrap beforeK
The Rajah or the Koh i noorK
He would not barter it for allI
Benares or the Taj MahalZ
It guides directs his every actA2
And word and thought In short in factA2
I meanW
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Opening his locketB2
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Look Helen that's the heatherK
Too late Here come both Aunts togetherK
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HELENW
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What heather SirK
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After a pauseU
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And why too lateC2
Aunt Dora how you've made us waitC2
Don't you agree that it's a pityW
Portraits are hung by the CommitteeW

Henry Austin Dobson



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