To The Same. By Dr. Sheridan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CAADEFGHHIIJECCKLHH| o'Clock at Noon | A |
| Sept | B |
| - | |
| SIR | C |
| Perhaps you may wonder I send you so soon | A |
| Another epistle consider 'tis noon | A |
| For all his acquaintance well know that friend Tom is | D |
| Whenever he makes one as good as his promise | E |
| Now Phoebus exalted sits high on his throne | F |
| Dividing the heav'ns dividing my crown | G |
| Into poems and business my skull's split in two | H |
| One side for the lawyers and t'other for you | H |
| With my left eye I see you sit snug in your stall | I |
| With my right I'm attending the lawyers that scrawl | I |
| With my left I behold your bellower a cur chase | J |
| With my right I'm a reading my deeds for a purchase | E |
| My left ear's attending the hymns of the choir | C |
| My right ear is stunn'd with the noise of the crier | C |
| My right hand's inditing these lines to your reverence | K |
| My left is indenting for me and heirs ever hence | L |
| Although in myself I'm divided in two | H |
| Dear Dean I shall ne'er be divided from you | H |
Jonathan Swift
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