Barleymow And Dunghill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC BBDDEE FFGGHHIIJJ GGKKLMNN| How many saucy beaux we meet | A |
| 'Twixt Westminster and Aldgate street | A |
| Rascals the mushrooms of a day | B |
| Who sprung and shared the South Sea prey | B |
| Nor in their zenith condescend | C |
| To own or know the humble friend | C |
| - | |
| A careful farmer took his way | B |
| Across his yard at break of day | B |
| He leant a moment o'er the rail | D |
| To hear the music of the flail | D |
| In his quick eye he viewed his stock | E |
| The geese the hogs the fleecy flock | E |
| - | |
| A barleymow there fat as mutton | F |
| Then held her master by the button | F |
| Master my heart and soul are wrung till | G |
| They can't abide that dirty dunghill | G |
| Master you know I make your beer | H |
| You boast of me at Christmas cheer | H |
| Then why insult me and disgrace me | I |
| And next to that vile dunghill place me | I |
| By Jove it gives my nose offence | J |
| Command the hinds to cart it hence | J |
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| You stupid Barleymow said Dunghill | G |
| You talk about your heart and wrung ill | G |
| Where would you be I'd like to know | K |
| Had I not fed and made you grow | K |
| You of October brew brag pshaw | L |
| You would have been a husk of straw | M |
| And now instead of gratitude | N |
| You rail in this ungrateful mood | N |
John Gay
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