On The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBBEEFFFFGGHI FF| With a whirl of thoughts oppress'd | A |
| I sunk from reverie to rest | A |
| A horrid vision seized my head | B |
| I saw the graves give up their dead | B |
| Jove arm'd with terrors bursts the skies | C |
| And thunder roars and lightning flies | C |
| Amazed confused its fate unknown | D |
| The world stands trembling at his throne | D |
| While each pale sinner hung his head | B |
| Jove nodding shook the heavens and said | B |
| Offending race of human kind | E |
| By nature reason learning blind | E |
| You who through frailty stepp'd aside | F |
| And you who never fell from pride | F |
| You who in different sects were shamm'd | F |
| And come to see each other damn'd | F |
| So some folk told you but they knew | G |
| No more of Jove's designs than you | G |
| The world's mad business now is o'er | H |
| And I resent these pranks no more | I |
| I to such blockheads set my wit | F |
| I damn such fools Go go you're bit | F |
Jonathan Swift
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