Twelve Articles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADD AEE FF GG HI JJ FF FKK FDD FLLFF FFFMM FF| I | A |
| LEST it may more quarrels breed | B |
| I will never hear you read | C |
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| II | A |
| By disputing I will never | D |
| To convince you once endeavour | D |
| - | |
| III | A |
| When a paradox you stick to | E |
| I will never contradict you | E |
| - | |
| IV | - |
| When I talk and you are heedless | F |
| I will show no anger needless | F |
| - | |
| V | - |
| When your speeches are absurd | G |
| I will ne'er object a word | G |
| - | |
| VI | - |
| When you furious argue wrong | H |
| I will grieve and hold my tongue | I |
| - | |
| VII | - |
| Not a jest or humorous story | - |
| Will I ever tell before ye | - |
| To be chidden for explaining | J |
| When you quite mistake the meaning | J |
| - | |
| VIII | - |
| Never more will I suppose | F |
| You can taste my verse or prose | F |
| - | |
| IX | F |
| You no more at me shall fret | K |
| While I teach and you forget | K |
| - | |
| X | F |
| You shall never hear me thunder | D |
| When you blunder on and blunder | D |
| - | |
| XI | F |
| Show your poverty of spirit | L |
| And in dress place all your merit | L |
| Give yourself ten thousand airs | F |
| That with me shall break no squares | F |
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| XII | F |
| Never will I give advice | F |
| Till you please to ask me thrice | F |
| Which if you in scorn reject | M |
| 'Twill be just as I expect | M |
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| Thus we both shall have our ends | F |
| And continue special friends | F |
Jonathan Swift
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