The Two Monkeys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDAAEEFFGGHG CCIIJJBB KKJJ JJFFFFLL JJFFBBJJ MMJJEEJJ| The scholar of his learning vain | A |
| Beholds the fop with deep disdain | A |
| The fop with spirit as discerning | B |
| Looks down upon the man of learning | B |
| The Spanish Don a solemn strutter | C |
| Despises Gallic airs and flutter | C |
| Whilst the Gaul ridicules the Don | D |
| And John Bull looks with like disdain | A |
| On manners both of France and Spain | A |
| They hold indeed a deed tripartite | E |
| To see each other in a tart light | E |
| 'Tis thus the bard is scorned by those | F |
| Who only deal in learned prose | F |
| Whilst bards of quick imagination | G |
| Are hipped by the dull prose oration | G |
| Men scoff at apes apes scoff at them | H |
| And all except themselves contemn | G |
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| Two monkeys visited the fair | C |
| Like critics with Parnassian sneer | C |
| They forced a way through draggled folk | I |
| Laughed at Jack Pudding and his joke | I |
| Then bought their tickets for the show | J |
| And squatted in the foremost row | J |
| Their cut of jib was there so stunning | B |
| It set the idle rabble funning | B |
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| Brother one Pug to other said | K |
| The mob is certainly ill bred | K |
| A sentiment which found no favour | J |
| And the retorts were of ill savour | J |
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| The clown with entrance stopped the jar | J |
| Head over heels with Here we are | J |
| The tumblers made their somersets | F |
| The vaulters made tremendous jets | F |
| The dancer on the rope did wonders | F |
| And drew down the applauses thunders | F |
| As Numa once elicited | L |
| From Jove Elicius so they did | L |
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| Behold the imitative crew | J |
| Said Pug they copy me and you | J |
| And clumsily I'd like to see | F |
| Them jump from forest tree to tree | F |
| I'd like to see them on a twig | B |
| Perform a slip slap or a rig | B |
| And yet it pleasant is to know | J |
| The boobies estimate us so | J |
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| Brother the other Pug replied | M |
| They do their best with us their guide | M |
| We must allow praise is their due | J |
| Whilst they example good pursue | J |
| But when I see them take a flight | E |
| Or walk like they walk bolt upright | E |
| Because we sometimes walk on two | J |
| I hate the imitative crew | J |
John Gay
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