The Ballade Of The Glutton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC DBABBCBC ABABBCBC E BCBC| I'm greedy by nature and often in vain | A |
| Have lingered too long o'er the succulent hare | B |
| Accepting the jelly ignoring the pain | A |
| Intent on receiving far more than my share | B |
| I worship the plover's egg tasty and rare | B |
| And idolize fanciful French fricasses | C |
| But what darling dainties with you can compare | B |
| Soused salmon and lamb and young ducks and green peas | C |
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| I ask for real turtle again and again | D |
| Observe the Lord Mayor's John Thomases stare | B |
| For kitchen recitals to Susan and Jane | A |
| And powdered impertinence what do I care | B |
| I sit down to eat and I vow and declare | B |
| I'd honour a dish were it made of stewed bees | C |
| Though loyal to you should you chance to be there | B |
| Soused salmon and lamb and young ducks and green peas | C |
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| I cherish a chef be he Grecian or Dane | A |
| I even can relish a collop of bear | B |
| I love ev'ry calf if it boasts a fine brain | A |
| And melt at a pullet or even a pair | B |
| Though gold's on the table and stately the fare | B |
| I greet a grand entree with almost a sneeze | C |
| If you dearest dainties are sweet on the air | B |
| Soused salmon and lamb and young ducks and green peas | C |
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| L'envoi | E |
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| O Redcoats of England who struggle and dare | B |
| Your glory's a morsel no glutton can please | C |
| My yearning is all for a soft cushioned chair | B |
| Soused salmon and lamb and young ducks and green peas | C |
Norman Rowland Gale
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