The Gentle Anarchist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEFFFFFF AGAGHIJIFFKKF ALCLGMGMFFGGF| I am a gentle Anarchist | A |
| I couldn't kick a dog | B |
| Nor ever would for sport assist | C |
| To pelt the helpless frog | D |
| I'd shoot a Czar or wreck a train | E |
| Blow Parliament sky high | F |
| But none could call me inhumane | E |
| I wouldn't hurt a fly | F |
| I wouldn't hurt a fly | F |
| And why indeed should I | F |
| It has neither land nor pelf | F |
| That I covet for myself | F |
| Then wherefore should I hurt a fly | F |
| - | |
| I am a gentle Anarchist | A |
| I live on herbs and fruits | G |
| It don't become a communist | A |
| To eat his fellow brutes | G |
| I'd fire a town upset a state | H |
| Make countless widows weep | I |
| Yet I am so compassionate | J |
| I wouldn't kill a sheep | I |
| I wouldn't hurt a fly | F |
| And why indeed should I | F |
| If it doesn't interfere | K |
| With my personal career | K |
| Why the dickens should I hurt a fly | F |
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| I'm such a gentle Anarchist | A |
| I hate all hunting men | L |
| I couldn't hook a fish or twist | C |
| The neck of cock or hen | L |
| I'd level gaols let scoundrels loose | G |
| Blow priests and churches up | M |
| But oh my pity's so profuse | G |
| I couldn't drown a pup | M |
| I wouldn't hurt a fly | F |
| And why indeed should I | F |
| Unless that is to say | G |
| I found it in my way | G |
| And then it's all up with the fly | F |
James Brunton Stephens
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