Song Of The Cub Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC ADADAAAA EBFBGAGA| I know not what this may betoken | A |
| That I feel so wondrous wise | B |
| My dream of existence is broken | A |
| Since science has opened my eyes | B |
| At the British Association | A |
| I heard the President s speech | C |
| And the methods and facts of creation | A |
| Seemed suddenly placed in my reach | C |
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| My life s undivided devotion | A |
| To Science I solemnly vowed | D |
| I d dredge up the bed of the ocean | A |
| I d draw down the spark from the cloud | D |
| To follow my thoughts as they go on | A |
| Electrodes I d place in my brain | A |
| Nay I'd swallow a live entoz on | A |
| New feelings of life to obtain | A |
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| O where are those high feasts of Science | E |
| O where are those words of the wise | B |
| I hear but the roar of Red Lions | F |
| I eat what their Jackal supplies | B |
| I meant to lie so scientific | G |
| But science seems turned into fun | A |
| And this with his roaring terrific | G |
| That old red lion bath done | A |
James Clerk Maxwell
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