The Last Proof Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A BBCC DDDEEFFGGCC GGHH IICCCC CCJJ| AN EPILOGUE TO ANY BOOK | A |
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| Hic Finis chartaeque viaeque | A |
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| FINIS at last the end the End the END | B |
| No more of paragraphs to prune or mend | B |
| No more blue pencil with its ruthless line | C |
| To blot the phrase 'particularly fine' | C |
| No more of 'slips ' and 'galleys ' and 'revises ' | - |
| Of words 'transmogrified ' and 'wild surmises' | D |
| No more of n's that masquerade as u's | D |
| No nice perplexities of p's and q's | D |
| No more mishaps of ante and of post | E |
| That most mislead when they should help the most | E |
| No more of 'friend' as 'fiend ' and 'warm' as 'worm' | F |
| No more negations where we would affirm | F |
| No more of those mysterious freaks of fate | G |
| That make us bless when we should execrate | G |
| No more of those last blunders that remain | C |
| Where we no more can set them right again | C |
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| No more apologies for doubtful data | G |
| No more fresh facts that figure as Errata | G |
| No more in short O TYPE of wayward lore | H |
| From thy most un Pierian fount NO MORE | H |
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| So spoke PAPYRIUS Yet his hand meanwhile | I |
| Went vaguely seeking for the vacant file | I |
| Late stored with long array of notes but now | C |
| Bare wired and barren as a leafless bough | C |
| And even as he spoke his mind began | C |
| Again to scheme to purpose and to plan | C |
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| There is no end to Labour 'neath the sun | C |
| There is no end of labouring but One | C |
| And though we twitch or not our Mantle blue | J |
| To morrow to fresh Woods and Pastures new | J |
Henry Austin Dobson
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