Mephistopheles Perverted Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEDEFGFGHIHIJKJ KLBLM| Or Goethe for the Times | A |
| ONCE long ago lived a Flea | B |
| Who kept such a fine fat King | C |
| Not that he held with royalty | B |
| But more for the appearance of the thing | C |
| And gave his Majesty to hold | D |
| Such pageantries are far too few | E |
| A sword of ruby hilted gold | D |
| That possibly might hack a cheese in two | E |
| But lest this glory might begin | F |
| To prove the regency too far | G |
| His thunderbolt they made of tin | F |
| And changed his godship for another Star | G |
| Thus when the Monarch drove abroad | H |
| With stars like buttons round his chest | I |
| God fearing Fleas would all applaud | H |
| And alien Lice be grudgingly impressed | I |
| Such relics every Flea must flaunt | J |
| If only as the final trump | K |
| That mocks Materialism's taunt | J |
| Proving there's more in life than Suck and Jump | K |
| Once long ago but not so long | L |
| A King went curing scrofula | B |
| The chorus of this charming song | L |
| I'm told reliably is Ha Ha Ha | M |
Kenneth Slessor
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