A Simile Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEA FFGG HHIJKKLL| Dear Thomas didst thou never pop | A |
| Thy head into a tin man's shop | A |
| There Thomas didst thou never see | B |
| 'Tis but by way of simile | C |
| A squirrel spend his little rage | D |
| In jumping round a rolling cage | D |
| The cage as either side turn'd up | E |
| Striking a ring of bells a top | A |
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| Mov'd in the orb pleas'd with the chimes | F |
| The foolish creature thinks he climbs | F |
| But here or there turn wood or wire | G |
| He never gets two inches higher | G |
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| So fares it with those merry blades | H |
| That frisk it under Pindus' shades | H |
| In noble songs and lofty odes | I |
| They tread on stars and talk with gods | J |
| Still dancing in an airy round | K |
| Still pleas'd with their own verses' sound | K |
| Brought back how fast soe'er they go | L |
| Always aspiring always low | L |
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