On Gaulstown House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CBBBBBBBBBDDEEFFGG| THE SEAT OF GEORGE ROCHFORT ESQ | A |
| BY DR DELANY | B |
| - | |
| 'Tis so old and so ugly and yet so convenient | C |
| You're sometimes in pleasure though often in pain in't | B |
| 'Tis so large you may lodge a few friends with ease in't | B |
| You may turn and stretch at your length if you please in't | B |
| 'Tis so little the family live in a press in't | B |
| And poor Lady Betty has scarce room to dress in't | B |
| 'Tis so cold in the winter you can't bear to lie in't | B |
| And so hot in the summer you're ready to fry in't | B |
| 'Tis so brittle 'twould scarce bear the weight of a tun | B |
| Yet so staunch that it keeps out a great deal of sun | B |
| 'Tis so crazy the weather with ease beats quite through it | D |
| And you're forced every year in some part to renew it | D |
| 'Tis so ugly so useful so big and so little | E |
| 'Tis so staunch and so crazy so strong and so brittle | E |
| 'Tis at one time so hot and another so cold | F |
| It is part of the new and part of the old | F |
| It is just half a blessing and just half a curse | G |
| wish then dear George it were better or worse | G |
Jonathan Swift
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