Lines On The Mermaid Tavern Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEFGHIJ KKLLMMDDNN ABCC| Souls of Poets dead and gone | A |
| What Elysium have ye known | B |
| Happy field or mossy cavern | C |
| Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern | C |
| Have ye tippled drink more fine | D |
| Than mine host's Canary wine | D |
| Or are fruits of Paradise | E |
| Sweeter than those dainty pies | F |
| Of venison O generous food | G |
| Drest as though bold Robin Hood | H |
| Would with his maid Marian | I |
| Sup and bowse from horn and can | J |
| - | |
| I have heard that on a day | K |
| Mine host's sign board flew away | K |
| Nobody knew whither till | L |
| An astrologer's old quill | L |
| To a sheepskin gave the story | M |
| Said he saw you in your glory | M |
| Underneath a new old sign | D |
| Sipping beverage divine | D |
| And pledging with contented smack | N |
| The Mermaid in the Zodiac | N |
| - | |
| Souls of Poets dead and gone | A |
| What Elysium have ye known | B |
| Happy field or mossy cavern | C |
| Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern | C |
John Keats
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