The Upstart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGHIIJKLLMM NNOOPPEEEE| The following lines occur in the Swiftiana and are by Mr Wilson the editor ascribed to Swift Scott | A |
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| The rascal that's too mild a name | B |
| Does he forget from whence he came | B |
| Has he forgot from whence he sprung | C |
| A mushroom in a bed of dung | C |
| A maggot in a cake of fat | D |
| The offspring of a beggar's brat | D |
| As eels delight to creep in mud | E |
| To eels we may compare his blood | E |
| His blood delights in mud to run | F |
| Witness his lazy lousy son | F |
| Puff'd up with pride and insolence | G |
| Without a grain of common sense | H |
| See with what consequence he stalks | I |
| With what pomposity he talks | I |
| See how the gaping crowd admire | J |
| The stupid blockhead and the liar | K |
| How long shall vice triumphant reign | L |
| How long shall mortals bend to gain | L |
| How long shall virtue hide her face | M |
| And leave her votaries in disgrace | M |
| Let indignation fire my strains | N |
| Another villain yet remains | N |
| Let purse proud C n next approach | O |
| With what an air he mounts his coach | O |
| A cart would best become the knave | P |
| A dirty parasite and slave | P |
| His heart in poison deeply dipt | E |
| His tongue with oily accents tipt | E |
| A smile still ready at command | E |
| The pliant bow the forehead bland | E |
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Jonathan Swift
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