Poet Lewis Carroll

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Fit The Sixth ( Hunting Of The Snark ) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPQP RSRS SSSS TUTU VSVS SWSW SSSS SSSS XSSS SYSZ SSSS SRWA2

The Barrister's DreamA
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They sought it with thimbles they sought it with careB
They pursued it with forks and hopeC
They threatened its life with a railway shareB
They charmed it with smiles and soapC
But the Barrister weary of proving in vainD
That the Beaver's lace making was wrongE
Fell asleep and in dreams saw the creature quite plainD
That his fancy had dwelt on so longE
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He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy CourtF
Where the Snark with a glass in its eyeG
Dressed in gown bands and wig was defending a pigH
On the charge of deserting its styG
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The Witnesses proved without error or flawI
That the sty was deserted when foundJ
And the Judge kept explaining the state of the lawI
In a soft under current of soundJ
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The indictment had never been clearly expressedK
And it seemed that the Snark had begunL
And had spoken three hours before any one guessedK
What the pig was supposed to have doneL
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The Jury had each formed a different viewM
Long before the indictment was readN
And they all spoke at once so that none of them knewM
One word that the others had saidN
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You must know said the Judge but the Snark exclaimed FudgeO
That statute is obsolete quiteP
Let me tell you my friends the whole question dependsQ
On an ancient manorial rightP
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In the matter of Treason the pig would appearR
To have aided but scarcely abettedS
While the charge of Insolvency fails it is clearR
If you grant the plea 'never indebted'S
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The fact of Desertion I will not disputeS
But its guilt as I trust is removedS
So far as relates to the costs of this suitS
By the Alibi which has been provedS
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My poor client's fate now depends on your votesT
Here the speaker sat down in his placeU
And directed the Judge to refer to his notesT
And briefly to sum up the caseU
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But the Judge said he never had summed up beforeV
So the Snark undertook it insteadS
And summed it so well that it came to far moreV
Than the Witnesses ever had saidS
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When the verdict was called for the Jury declinedS
As the word was so puzzling to spellW
But they ventured to hope that the Snark wouldn't mindS
Undertaking that duty as wellW
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So the Snark found the verdict although as it ownedS
It was spent with the toils of the dayS
When it said the word GUILTY the Jury all groanedS
And some of them fainted awayS
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Then the Snark pronounced sentence the Judge being quiteS
Too nervous to utter a wordS
When it rose to its feet there was silence like nightS
And the fall of a pin might be heardS
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Transportation for life was the sentence it gaveX
And then to be fined forty poundS
The Jury all cheered though the Judge said he fearedS
That the phrase was not legally soundS
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But their wild exultation was suddenly checkedS
When the jailer informed them with tearsY
Such a sentence would not have the slightest effectS
As the pig had been dead for some yearsZ
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The Judge left the Court looking deeply disgustedS
But the Snark though a little aghastS
As the lawyer to whom the defence was intrustedS
Went bellowing on to the lastS
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Thus the Barrister dreamed while the bellowing seemedS
To grow every moment more clearR
Till he woke to the knell of a furious bellW
Which the Bellman rang close at his earA2

Lewis Carroll



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