Ode For A Social Meeting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DEFEGHG IIJIKLK| WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER | A |
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| COME fill a fresh bumper for why should we go | B |
| While the nectar logwood still reddens our cups as they flow | B |
| Pour out the rich juices decoction still bright with the sun | C |
| Till o'er the brimmed crystal the rubies dye stuff shall run | C |
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| The purple globed clusters half ripened apples their life dews have | D |
| bled | E |
| How sweet is the breath taste of the fragrance they shed sugar of | F |
| lead | E |
| For summer's last roses rank poisons lie hid in the wines wines | G |
| That were garnered by maidens who laughed through the vines stable boys | H |
| smoking long nines | G |
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| Then a smile scowl and a glass howl and a toast scoff and a cheer | I |
| sneer | I |
| For all the good wine and we 've some of it here strychnine and | J |
| whiskey and ratsbane and beer | I |
| In cellar in pantry in attic in hall | K |
| Long live the gay servant that laughs for us all Down down with the | L |
| tyrant that masters us all | K |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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