The Dean's Complaint, Translated And Answered Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBCCCDDEFFGGHH| DOCTOR Deaf giddy helpless left alone | A |
| ANSWER Except the first the fault's your own | A |
| DOCTOR To all my friends a burden grown | A |
| ANSWER Because to few you will be shewn | A |
| Give them good wine and meat to stuff | B |
| You may have company enough | B |
| DOCTOR No more I hear my church's bell | C |
| Than if it rang out for my knell | C |
| ANSWER Then write and read 'twill do as well | C |
| DOCTOR At thunder now no more I start | D |
| Than at the rumbling of a cart | D |
| ANSWER Think then of thunder when you f t | E |
| DOCTOR Nay what's incredible alack | F |
| No more I hear a woman's clack | F |
| ANSWER A woman's clack if I have skill | G |
| Sounds somewhat like a throwster's mill | G |
| But louder than a bell or thunder | H |
| That does I own increase my wonder | H |
Jonathan Swift
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