An Epigram Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCD EEFFFFGCC| ADDRESSED TO THE GENTLEMEN REFLECTED ON IN THE ROSCIAD | A |
| A POEM BY THE AUTHOR | B |
| - | |
| Worried with debts and past all hopes of bail | C |
| His pen he prostitutes t' avoid a gaol | C |
| ROSCOM | D |
| - | |
| - | |
| LET not the 'hungry' Bavius' angry stroke | E |
| Awake resentment or your rage provoke | E |
| But pitying his distress let virtue shine | F |
| And giving each your bounty 'let him dine' | F |
| For thus retain'd as learned counsel can | F |
| Each case however bad he'll new japan | F |
| And by a quick transition plainly show | G |
| 'Twas no defect of yours but 'pocket low' | C |
| That caused his 'putrid kennel' to o'erflow | C |
Oliver Goldsmith
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