London West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJFK LLMMNOPPQQAAPPRR| While the Thames meanders gently through the green pasture | A |
| fields of Ingersoll a pleasing picture to behold how dif | B |
| ferent alas is the feeling in London West where the | C |
| river is an object of dread and terror neither pleasing to | D |
| the eye or nostrils As we have been living for the last | E |
| quarter of a century on the edge of one of the tributary | F |
| streams of the Thames and were once o'erwhelmed with | G |
| ruin dire by a number of the dams giving way we can | H |
| sympathise with them They are now built strong and | I |
| substantial and the ponds are an ornament to the town | J |
| as well as a source of wealth The Caledonian Society | F |
| of Ingersoll donated to the flood sufferers | K |
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| The citizens of London West | L |
| Their patience oft is put to test | L |
| When they behold the various dams | M |
| Do cause the floods and the ice jams | M |
| 'Tis true that fiercer rages floods | N |
| Since country it was stript of woods | O |
| Acid river it doth broader spread | P |
| With numerous tile drains quicker fed | P |
| If they did raise embankment high | Q |
| They might the raging floods defy | Q |
| Shall they with sadness gaze ever | A |
| Or with gladness on the river | A |
| River with dams it will not wed | P |
| It wants no strangers in its bed | P |
| And 'gainst them it will rage and fret | R |
| for 'tis no gentle rivulet | R |
James Mcintyre
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