Thieves' Kitchen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEAFGHFIJFKLMKNO K| GOOD roaring pistol boys brave lads of gold | A |
| Good roistering easy maids blown cock a hoop | B |
| On floods of tavern steam I greet you Drunk | C |
| With wild Canary drowned in wines of old | A |
| I'll swear your round red faces dive and swim | D |
| Like clouds of fire fish in a waxen tide | E |
| And these are seas of smoke we thieves behold | A |
| Yet I've a mind I know what arms enchain | F |
| With flesh my shoulders aye and what warm legs | G |
| Wind quickly into mine 'tis no pale mermaid | H |
| No water wench that floats in a smoky main | F |
| Betwixt the tankard and my knees in faith | I |
| I know thee Joan and by the beard of God | J |
| I'll prove to night thy mortal parts again | F |
| Leap leap fair vagabonds your lives are short | K |
| Dance firelit in your cauldron fumes O thieves | L |
| Ram full your bellies with spiced food gulp deep | M |
| Those goblets of thick ale yea feast and sport | K |
| Ye Cyprian maids lie with great drunken rogues | N |
| Jump by the fire soon soon your flesh must crawl | O |
| And Tyburn flap with birds long necked and swart | K |
Kenneth Slessor
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