Somewhere Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCD CCC EEE FFF GGG CCC HHH III JJJ CCC CCC KKK CCC LLB| Somewhere in a distant star | A |
| Cities of Cocaigne there are | A |
| Paradises of the Bar | A |
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| Somewhere 'neath another sun | B |
| Counsel cease to see the fun | B |
| Lurking in a judge's pun | B |
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| Somewhere courts are fair to see | C |
| Beauty joins utility | C |
| Ushers answer courteously | D |
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| Somewhere there are bailiwicks | C |
| Which for dock defences fix | C |
| Nothing under three five six | C |
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| Somewhere rises struggle sore | E |
| For revisorships no more | E |
| Every shire has half a score | E |
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| Somewhere educated thought | F |
| Scientifically taught | F |
| Cross examines as it ought | F |
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| Somewhere judgments are obeyed | G |
| Executions are not stayed | G |
| Fees are almost always paid | G |
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| Somewhere County Councils press | C |
| Banquets on the circuit mess | C |
| Fleshpots in the wilderness | C |
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| Somewhere at Assizes grow | H |
| Prosecutions row on row | H |
| Every man has six or so | H |
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| Somewhere eager but for right | I |
| Court and counsel cease to cite | I |
| Pointless cases recondite | I |
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| Somewhere headnotes give the ground | J |
| Whereupon the judges found | J |
| Judgments generally sound | J |
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| Somewhere juries use their sense | C |
| Basing on the evidence | C |
| Verdicts of intelligence | C |
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| Somewhere rich embroideries | C |
| Woven cunningly of lies | C |
| Part in twain at truth's clear eyes | C |
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| Somewhere justice grows from wrong | K |
| Till the right that suffered long | K |
| Sings at last its triumph song | K |
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| Somewhere even in a place | C |
| Peopled by a perfect race | C |
| One side holds a losing case | C |
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| Somewhere since the world began | L |
| Heaven hath made an honest man | L |
| Somewhere in Aldebaran | B |
James Williams
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