A Poem On High Church Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDB EEFGGF HHIJKI| High Church is undone | A |
| As sure as a gun | A |
| For old Peter Patch is departed | B |
| And Eyres and Delaune | C |
| And the rest of that spawn | D |
| Are tacking about broken hearted | B |
| - | |
| For strong Gill of Sarum | E |
| That decoctum amarum | E |
| Has prescribed a dose of cant fail | F |
| Which will make them resign | G |
| Their flasks of French wine | G |
| And spice up their Nottingham ale | F |
| - | |
| It purges the spleen | H |
| Of dislike to the queen | H |
| And has one effect that is odder | I |
| When easement they use | J |
| They always will chuse | K |
| The Conformity Bill for bumfodder | I |
Jonathan Swift
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