Shake, Mulleary And Go-ethe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFF A GGHHIIFF A JJKKLLFF MM NNFF EEOOPPFF Q| I | A |
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| I have a bookcase which is what | B |
| Many much better men have not | C |
| There are no books inside for books | D |
| I am afraid might spoil its looks | D |
| But I've three busts all second hand | E |
| Upon the top You understand | E |
| I could not put them underneath | F |
| Shake Mulleary and Go ethe | F |
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| II | A |
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| Shake was a dramatist of note | G |
| He lived by writing things to quote | G |
| He long ago put on his shroud | H |
| Some of his works are rather loud | H |
| His bald spot's dusty I suppose | I |
| I know there's dust upon his nose | I |
| I'll have to give each nose a sheath | F |
| Shake Mulleary and Go ethe | F |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| Mulleary's line was quite the same | J |
| He has more hair but far less fame | J |
| I would not from that fame retrench | K |
| But he is foreign being French | K |
| Yet high his haughty head he heaves | L |
| The only one done up in leaves | L |
| They're rather limited on wreath | F |
| Shake Mulleary and Go ethe | F |
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| IV | - |
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| Go ethe wrote in the German tongue | M |
| He must have learned it very young | M |
| His nose is quite a butt for scoff | - |
| Although an inch of it is off | - |
| He did quite nicely for the Dutch | N |
| But here he doesn't count for much | N |
| They all are off their native heath | F |
| Shake Mulleary and Go ethe | F |
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| V | - |
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| They sit there on their chests as bland | E |
| As if they were not second hand | E |
| I do not know of what they think | O |
| Nor why they never frown or wink | O |
| But why from smiling they refrain | P |
| I think I clearly can explain | P |
| They none of them could show much teeth | F |
| Shake Mulleary and Go ethe | F |
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| H C Bunner | Q |
Henry Cuyler Bunner
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