The Parson's Case Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGHIJKKLL MMNNOOPPQQRRSSTF| That you friend Marcus like a stoic | A |
| Can wish to die in strains heroic | A |
| No real fortitude implies | B |
| Yet all must own thy wish is wise | B |
| Thy curate's place thy fruitful wife | C |
| Thy busy drudging scene of life | C |
| Thy insolent illiterate vicar | D |
| Thy want of all consoling liquor | D |
| Thy threadbare gown thy cassock rent | E |
| Thy credit sunk thy money spent | E |
| Thy week made up of fasting days | F |
| Thy grate unconscious of a blaze | F |
| And to complete thy other curses | G |
| The quarterly demands of nurses | H |
| Are ills you wisely wish to leave | I |
| And fly for refuge to the grave | J |
| And O what virtue you express | K |
| In wishing such afflictions less | K |
| But now should Fortune shift the scene | L |
| And make thy curateship a dean | L |
| Or some rich benefice provide | M |
| To pamper luxury and pride | M |
| With labour small and income great | N |
| With chariot less for use than state | N |
| With swelling scarf and glossy gown | O |
| And license to reside in town | O |
| To shine where all the gay resort | P |
| At concerts coffee house or court | P |
| And weekly persecute his grace | Q |
| With visits or to beg a place | Q |
| With underlings thy flock to teach | R |
| With no desire to pray or preach | R |
| With haughty spouse in vesture fine | S |
| With plenteous meals and generous wine | S |
| Wouldst thou not wish in so much ease | T |
| Thy years as numerous as thy days | F |
Jonathan Swift
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