Clever Tom Clinch Going To Be Hanged Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCDDEEFFCCGGHHII JKLL| As clever Tom Clinch while the rabble was bawling | A |
| Rode stately through Holborn to die in his calling | A |
| He stopt at the George for a bottle of sack | A |
| And promised to pay for it when he came back | A |
| His waistcoat and stockings and breeches were white | B |
| His cap had a new cherry ribbon to tie't | C |
| The maids to the doors and the balconies ran | D |
| And said Lack a day he's a proper young man | D |
| But as from the windows the ladies he spied | E |
| Like a beau in the box he bow'd low on each side | E |
| And when his last speech the loud hawkers did cry | F |
| He swore from his cart It was all a damn'd lie | F |
| The hangman for pardon fell down on his knee | C |
| Tom gave him a kick in the guts for his fee | C |
| Then said I must speak to the people a little | G |
| But I'll see you all damn'd before I will whittle | G |
| My honest friend Wild may he long hold his place | H |
| He lengthen'd my life with a whole year of grace | H |
| Take courage dear comrades and be not afraid | I |
| Nor slip this occasion to follow your trade | I |
| My conscience is clear and my spirits are calm | J |
| And thus I go off without prayer book or psalm | K |
| Then follow the practice of clever Tom Clinch | L |
| Who hung like a hero and never would flinch | L |
Jonathan Swift
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