Two Gentlemen That Broke Their Promise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFFGHIJKKLLMMNN OOPP| There is no faith in claret and it shall | A |
| Henceforth with me be held apocryphal | B |
| I'll trust a small beer promise nay a troth | C |
| Washed in the Thames before a French wine oath | C |
| That grape they say is binding yes 'tis so | D |
| And it has made your souls thus costive too | E |
| Circe transformed the Greeks no hard design | F |
| For some can do as much with claret wine | F |
| Upon themselves witness you two allowed | G |
| Once honest now turned air and la mode | H |
| Begin no health in this or if by chance | I |
| The King's 'twill question your allegiance | J |
| And men will after all your ruffling say | K |
| You drink as some do fight in the French way | K |
| Engage and trouble many when 'tis known | L |
| You spread their interest to wave your own | L |
| Away with this false Christian it shall be | M |
| An excommunicate from mirth and me | M |
| Give me the Catholic diviner flame | N |
| To light me to the fair Odelia's name | N |
| 'Tis sack that justifies both man and verse | O |
| Whilst you in Lethe claret still converse | O |
| Forget your own names next and when you look | P |
| With hope to find be lost in the church book | P |
James Shirley
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