Omar Out Of Date Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB DDED FFGF HIJH KKK HHKH LLHL AMHM NNON PPHP HHQH RRPR DDSD

BY A RENEGADE DISCIPLEA
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Wake for Reveill e scatters into flightB
The flagging Rearguard of a ruined NightB
And hark the meagre Champion of the RoostC
Has flung a matins to the Throne of LightB
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Here while the first beam smites the sullen SkyD
With silent feet Haj m comes stealing nighD
Bearing the Brush the Vessel and the BladeE
These sallow cheeks of mine to scarifyD
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How often oh how often have I swornF
Myself myself to shave th' ensuing MornF
And then and then comes Guest night and Haj mG
Appears unbidden and is gladly borneF
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Come fill the Cup The nerve restoring TiH
Shall woo me with the Leaf of far BohiI
What matter that to some the Koko makesJ
Appeal to some the Cingalese KofiH
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For in a minute Toil that ever thrivesK
Awaits me with her Shackles and her GyvesK
And ever crieth Folly in the streetsK
'To work for needs ye must when Shait n drives '-
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Alas that I did yesternight disportH
With certain fellows of the baser SortH
Unheedful of the living consequenceK
When Drinks are long and Pockets all too shortH
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With them the game of Poka did I playL
And in wild session turned the Night to DayL
And many a Chip I dropped upon the BoardH
And many a Moistener poured upon the ClayL
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I put my Pile against th' ImprobableA
And with a Full Hand thought to make it swellM
And this was all the Profit that I reapedH
A Full of Kings is Heaven and Fours are HellM
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Then to the Mountain Dew I turned to seekN
New courage for the Vengeance I should wreakN
And once again came Fours again the FleshO
Was willing and the Spirits far from weakN
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O Friend of pseudo philosophic CalmP
Who found within the Cup a life's AramP
Thy counsel howsoever fair to readH
Were passing bad to follow friend KhayyamP
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Was it not Suleiman the Wise that saidH
Look not upon the Wine when it is redH
And Suleiman the Wise knew What was WhichQ
Though that great Heart of his outmatched his HeadH
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Ah with the Pledge a Door of Refuge opeR
To wean my footsteps from the facile SlopeR
And write me down fulfilled of Self esteemP
A Prop and Pillar of the Band of HopeR
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That in the Club should whilom Comrades tryD
To lure me to a Roister on the slyD
The necessary Zeal I may not lackS
To turn away nor wink the Other EyeD

John Kendall (dum-dum)



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