The Politicians Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEBEBFCFCGHGH ICIC| In ancient days when every brute | A |
| To humble privilege had right | B |
| Could reason wrangle or dispute | A |
| As well as scratch and tear and bite | B |
| When Phoebus shone his brightest ray | C |
| The rip'ning corn his pow'r confessed | D |
| His cheering beams made Nature gay | C |
| The eagle in his warmth was blest | D |
| But malcontents e'en then arose | E |
| The birds who love the dolesome night | B |
| The darkest grove with care they chose | E |
| And there caball'd against the light | B |
| The screech owl with ill boding cry | F |
| Portends strange things old women say | C |
| Stops ev'ry fool that passes by | F |
| And frights the schoolboy from his play | C |
| The raven and the double bat | G |
| With families of owls combine | H |
| In close consult they rail and chat | G |
| And curse aloud the glorious shine | H |
| While the great planet all serene | I |
| Heedless pursues his destin'd way | C |
| He asks not what these murmurs mean | I |
| But runs his course and gives us day | C |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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