How We Found Our Verdict Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL MMNO PPQQ RRSS TTUU| We sat in the jury box twelve were we all | A |
| And the clock was just pointing to ten in the hall | A |
| His Lordship he bowed to the jury and we | B |
| Bowed back to his Lordship as gravely as he | B |
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| The case of De Weller v Jones was the first | C |
| And we all settled down and prepared for the worst | C |
| When old Smithers Q C began slowly to preach | D |
| Of a promise of marriage and action for breach | D |
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| A barmaid the plaintiff was wondrous the skill | E |
| Wherewith she was wont her tall tankards to fill | E |
| The defendant a publican sought for his bride | F |
| Such a paragon urged by professional pride | F |
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| But the course of true love ran no smoother for her | G |
| Than the Pas de Calais or the bark of a fir | G |
| The defendant discovered a widow with gold | H |
| In the bank and the plaintiff was left in the cold | H |
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| An hour Smithers spoke and he said that the heart | I |
| Of the plaintiff at Jones's fell touch flew apart | I |
| But a cheque for a thousand might help to repair | J |
| The destruction effected by love and despair | J |
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| Miss de Weller was called and in ladylike tones | K |
| She described all the injury suffered from Jones | K |
| How he called her at first Angelina and this | L |
| Soon cooled to Miss Weller and lastly to Miss | L |
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| But the jury were shaken a little when Gore | M |
| Cross examined about her engagements before | M |
| For Jones was the sixth of the strings to her bow | N |
| And with five other verdicts she solaced her woe | O |
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| Re examined by Smithers she won us again | P |
| For the tears of a maid are a terror to men | P |
| Then his Lordship awoke from his nap and explained | Q |
| How love that is frequent is love that is feigned | Q |
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| Miss de Weller looked daggers and under the paint | R |
| Of her cheeks she grew pale and fell down in a faint | R |
| She played her trump card in the late afternoon | S |
| For damages satisfy girls who can swoon | S |
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| Till she fainted most thought that a farthing would do | T |
| Though I was in favour of pounds one or two | T |
| But after the faint and she was so well dressed | U |
| At a hundred the void in her heart was assessed | U |
James Williams
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