The Dean And Duke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH| James Brydges and the Dean had long been friends | A |
| James is beduked of course their friendship ends | A |
| But sure the Dean deserves a sharp rebuke | B |
| For knowing James to boast he knows the duke | B |
| Yet since just Heaven the duke's ambition mocks | C |
| Since all he got by fraud is lost by stocks | C |
| His wings are clipp'd he tries no more in vain | D |
| With bands of fiddlers to extend his train | D |
| Since he no more can build and plant and revel | E |
| The duke and dean seem near upon a level | E |
| O wert thou not a duke my good Duke Humphry | F |
| From bailiffs claws thou scarce couldst keep thy bum free | F |
| A duke to know a dean go smooth thy crown | G |
| Thy brother far thy better wore a gown | G |
| Well but a duke thou art so please the king | H |
| O would his majesty but add a string | H |
Jonathan Swift
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