A New Year's Gift For Bec [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDDDEEFFGGDDDDHH IIIIJJ| A | |
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| Returning Janus now prepares | B |
| For Bec a new supply of cares | B |
| Sent in a bag to Dr Swift | C |
| Who thus displays the new year's gift | C |
| First this large parcel brings you tidings | D |
| Of our good Dean's eternal chidings | D |
| Of Nelly's pertness Robin's leasings | D |
| And Sheridan's perpetual teazings | D |
| This box is cramm'd on every side | E |
| With Stella's magisterial pride | E |
| Behold a cage with sparrows fill'd | F |
| First to be fondled then be kill'd | F |
| Now to this hamper I invite you | G |
| With six imagined cares to fright you | G |
| Here in this bundle Janus sends | D |
| Concerns by thousands for your friends | D |
| And here's a pair of leathern pokes | D |
| To hold your cares for other folks | D |
| Here from this barrel you may broach | H |
| A peck of troubles for a coach | H |
| This ball of wax your ears will darken | I |
| Still to be curious never hearken | I |
| Lest you the town may have less trouble in | I |
| Bring all your Quilca's cares to Dublin | I |
| For which he sends this empty sack | J |
| And so take all upon your back | J |
Jonathan Swift
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