A Poem Served To Order Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDD EEFGGF HHCIJC KKLHH DD M NNOPP DDOQQO RRCSS EETUU VVWXXW QQLYYL ZZCA2A2C| PHI BETA KAPPA JUNE | A |
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| THE Caliph ordered up his cook | B |
| And scowling with a fearful look | B |
| That meant We stand no gammon | C |
| 'To morrow just at two ' he said | D |
| 'Hassan our cook will lose his head | D |
| Or serve us up a salmon ' | - |
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| 'Great sire ' the trembling chef replied | E |
| 'Lord of the Earth and all beside | E |
| Sun Moon and Stars and so on | F |
| Look in Eothen there you'll find | G |
| A list of titles Never mind | G |
| I have n't time to go on | F |
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| 'Great sire ' and so forth thus he spoke | H |
| 'Your Highness must intend a joke | H |
| It doesn't stand to reason | C |
| For one to order salmon brought | I |
| Unless that fish is sometimes caught | J |
| And also is in season | C |
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| 'Our luck of late is shocking bad | K |
| In fact the latest catch we had | K |
| We kept the matter shady | L |
| But hauling in our nets alack | H |
| We found no salmon but a sack | H |
| That held your honored Lady ' | - |
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| 'Allah is great ' the Caliph said | D |
| 'My poor Zuleika you are dead | D |
| I once took interest in you ' | - |
| 'Perhaps my Lord you'd like to know | M |
| We cut the lines and let her go ' | - |
| 'Allah be praised Continue ' | - |
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| 'It is n't hard one's hook to bait | N |
| And squatting down to watch and wait | N |
| To see the cork go under | O |
| At last suppose you've got your bite | P |
| You twitch away with all your might | P |
| You've hooked an eel by thunder ' | - |
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| The Caliph patted Hassan's head | D |
| 'Slave thou hast spoken well ' he said | D |
| 'And won thy master's favor | O |
| Yes since what happened t' other morn | Q |
| The salmon of the Golden Horn | Q |
| Might have a doubtful flavor | O |
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| 'That last remark about the eel | R |
| Has also justice that we feel | R |
| Quite to our satisfaction | C |
| To morrow we dispense with fish | S |
| And for the present if you wish | S |
| You'll keep your bulbous fraction ' | - |
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| 'Thanks thanks ' the grateful chef replied | E |
| His nutrient feature showing wide | E |
| The gleam of arches dental | T |
| 'To cut my head off wouldn't pay | U |
| I find it useful every day | U |
| As well as ornamental ' | - |
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| Brothers I hope you will not fail | V |
| To see the moral of my tale | V |
| And kindly to receive it | W |
| You know your anniversary pie | X |
| Must have its crust though hard and dry | X |
| And some prefer to leave it | W |
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| How oft before these youths were born | Q |
| I've fished in Fancy's Golden Horn | Q |
| For what the Muse might send me | L |
| How gayly then I cast the line | Y |
| When all the morning sky was mine | Y |
| And Hope her flies would lend me | L |
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| And now I hear our despot's call | Z |
| And come like Hassan to the hall | Z |
| If there's a slave I am one | C |
| My bait no longer flies but worms | A2 |
| I 've caught Lord bless me how he squirms | A2 |
| An eel and not a salmon | C |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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