The Reporter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D| Two friends were sitting at a table drinking tea | A |
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| A sudden hubbub arose in the street They heard pitiable groans furious abuse bursts of malignant laughter | B |
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| 'They're beating some one ' observed one of the friends looking out of window | C |
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| 'A criminal A murderer ' inquired the other 'I say whatever he may be we can't allow this illegal chastisement Let's go and take his part ' | - |
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| 'But it's not a murderer they're beating ' | - |
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| 'Not a murderer Is it a thief then It makes no difference let's go and get him away from the crowd ' | - |
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| 'It's not a thief either ' | - |
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| 'Not a thief Is it an absconding cashier then a railway director an army contractor a Russian art patron a lawyer a Conservative editor a social reformer Any way let's go and help him ' | - |
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| 'No it's a newspaper reporter they're beating ' | - |
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| 'A reporter Oh I tell you what we'll finish our glasses of tea first then ' | - |
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| July | D |
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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