January, 1795 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBBB CCBB DDEE BBFF GGBB HHBB BBII BBHH JJKK LDHH DDHH| A | |
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| Pavement slipp'ry people sneezing | B |
| Lords in ermine beggars freezing | B |
| Titled gluttons dainties carving | B |
| Genius in a garret starving | B |
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| Lofty mansions warm and spacious | C |
| Courtiers clinging and voracious | C |
| Misers scarce the wretched heeding | B |
| Gallant soldiers fighting bleeding | B |
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| Wives who laugh at passive spouses | D |
| Theatres and meeting houses | D |
| Balls where simp'ring misses languish | E |
| Hospitals and groans of anguish | E |
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| Arts and sciences bewailing | B |
| Commerce drooping credit failing | B |
| Placemen mocking subjects loyal | F |
| Separations weddings royal | F |
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| Authors who can't earn a dinner | G |
| Many a subtle rogue a winner | G |
| Fugitives for shelter seeking | B |
| Misers hoarding tradesmen breaking | B |
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| Taste and talents quite deserted | H |
| All the laws of truth perverted | H |
| Arrogance o'er merit soaring | B |
| Merit silently deploring | B |
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| Ladies gambling night and morning | B |
| Fools the works of genius scorning | B |
| Ancient dames for girls mistaken | I |
| Youthful damsels quite forsaken | I |
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| Some in luxury delighting | B |
| More in talking than in fighting | B |
| Lovers old and beaux decrepid | H |
| Lordlings empty and insipid | H |
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| Poets painters and musicians | J |
| Lawyers doctors politicians | J |
| Pamphlets newspapers and odes | K |
| Seeking fame by diff'rent roads | K |
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| Gallant souls with empty purses | L |
| Gen'rals only fit for nurses | D |
| School boys smit with martial spirit | H |
| Taking place of vet'ran merit | H |
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| Honest men who can't get places | D |
| Knaves who shew unblushing faces | D |
| Ruin hasten'd peace retarded | H |
| Candour spurn'd and art rewarded | H |
Mary Darby Robinson
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