The Gentlemen Of Dickens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAF AGHHIHHH HJKJHHHH LMHMNOHO HPHPHQRQ HRESTUNUThe gentlemen of Dickens | A |
Were mostly very poor | B |
And innocent of grammar | C |
And of parentage obscure | D |
But rich or poor or thriving | E |
Of high or lowly birth | F |
The gentlemen of Dickens | A |
Were the grandest on the earth | F |
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The gentlemen of Dickens | A |
They wore no fancy names | G |
Like Reginald or Percy | H |
Fitzgerald or FitzJames | H |
But names for fools to laugh at | I |
That sound like hob nailed boots | H |
Like Newman Noggs and Knubbles | H |
Toodles and Mr Toots | H |
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They d little save their kindness | H |
Their honesty and truth | J |
They mostly came embarrassed | K |
And stammering and uncouth | J |
But the gentlemen of Dickens | H |
Their women and their girls | H |
Could speak their minds if need be | H |
To ladies and to earls | H |
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But one who wore a title | L |
A lesson too could teach | M |
Lord Feenix Cousin Feenix | H |
Of wandering legs and speech | M |
O he might teach a lesson | N |
A gentleman could give | O |
Where he stands by his lovely | H |
And accomplished relative | O |
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The gentlemen of Dickens | H |
Were gamblers now and then | P |
And looked upon the ladies | H |
No doubt like other men | P |
And some of them were drunkards | H |
It cannot be denied | Q |
But one washed all their sins away | R |
When Sidney Carton died | Q |
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The gentlemen of Dickens | H |
Are round us here to day | R |
For their self sacrificing | E |
Brave spirits live for aye | S |
They cheer my heart and lift it | T |
They set my blood aglow | U |
For I was once a gentleman | N |
Though it was years ago | U |
Henry Lawson
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