Potato Bug Exterminators Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFBCGHIJ GGKKLLJJ MGNNGGII GGOOPPPP| During the summer of we were walking along past a large field of | A |
| potatoes in North Oxford where we beheld the strange spectacle of a | B |
| pair of bipeds drilling their offspring to march up one potato row and | C |
| down the other so as to annihilate the enemy who had assembled in | D |
| vast armies dressed in yellow garments and who were committing | E |
| fearful depredations on the fruits of the husbandmen until the valuable | F |
| auxilliary forces rushed to the rescue of the farmer o'erwhelming the | B |
| enemy and with one fell swoop bringing on them consternation and | C |
| ruin dire It appears that the foe or their progenitors | G |
| had been citizens of Colordo in the far West And that | H |
| having conquered all before them they sought another | I |
| World to conquer here | J |
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| When we do trace out nature's laws | G |
| And view effects and muse on cause | G |
| For the future there's great hope | K |
| If we our eyes do only ope | K |
| With joy they will often glisten | L |
| If to truth one doth but listen | L |
| But people often turn deaf ear | J |
| And what is useful will not hear | J |
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| Now for a minute lend your luggs sic | M |
| Our theme it is potato bugs | G |
| Just buy a pair of young peafowl | N |
| Their voice may be like to screech owl | N |
| But soon as the potato shows | G |
| You there will find the peafowl goes | G |
| Up one row and down the other | I |
| Like loving sister with brother | I |
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| And you will find that down their muggs | G |
| Have disappeared potato bugs | G |
| Theres no more need of Paris green | O |
| For they will keep potatoes clean | O |
| And faithful they will work all day | P |
| For to them 'tis gay sport and play | P |
| No more you need their voice bewail | P |
| But admire beauties of the tail | P |
James Mcintyre
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