The Gadfly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDE FDFD GHII JKLK MNMN OPQR SISI TUTU FVFV CWCW VWVW CXCX UCYCA | |
All gentle folks who owe a grudge | B |
To any living thing | C |
Open your ears and stay your t r udge | B |
Whilst I in dudgeon sing | C |
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The Gadfly he hath stung me sore | D |
O may he ne'er sting you | E |
But we have many a horrid bore | D |
He may sting black and blue | E |
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Has any here an old grey Mare | F |
With three legs all her store | D |
O put it to her Buttocks bare | F |
And straight she'll run on four | D |
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Has any here a Lawyer suit | G |
Of | H |
Take Lawyer's nose and put it to't | I |
And you the end will see | I |
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Is there a Man in Parliament | J |
Dum b founder'd in his speech | K |
O let his neighbour make a rent | L |
And put one in his breech | K |
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O Lowther how much better thou | M |
Hadst figur'd t'other day | N |
When to the folks thou mad'st a bow | M |
And hadst no more to say | N |
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If lucky Gadfly had but ta'en | O |
His seat | P |
And put thee to a little pain | Q |
To save thee from a worse | R |
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Better than Southey it had been | S |
Better than Mr D | I |
Better than Wordsworth too I ween | S |
Better than Mr V | I |
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Forgive me pray good people all | T |
For deviating so | U |
In spirit sure I had a call | T |
And now I on will go | U |
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Has any here a daughter fair | F |
Too fond of reading novels | V |
Too apt to fall in love with care | F |
And charming Mister Lovels | V |
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O put a Gadfly to that thing | C |
She keeps so white and pert | W |
I mean the finger for the ring | C |
And it will breed a wort | W |
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Has any here a pious spouse | V |
Who seven times a day | W |
Scolds as King David pray'd to chouse | V |
And have her holy way | W |
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O let a Gadfly's little sting | C |
Persuade her sacred tongue | X |
That noises are a common thing | C |
But that her bell has rung | X |
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And as this is the summon bo | U |
num of all conquering | C |
I leave 'withouten wordes mo' | Y |
The Gadfly's little sting | C |
John Keats
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