At Cheshire Cheese Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCAA AAAA DDAA EEAA| When first of wise old Johnson taught | A |
| My youthful mind its homage brought | A |
| And made the pond'rous crusty sage | B |
| The object of a noble rage | B |
| - | |
| Nor did I think How dense we are | C |
| That any day however far | C |
| Would find me holding unrepelled | A |
| The place that Doctor Johnson held | A |
| - | |
| But change has come and time has moved | A |
| And now applauded unreproved | A |
| I hold with pardonable pride | A |
| The place that Johnson occupied | A |
| - | |
| Conceit Presumption What is this | D |
| You surely read my words amiss | D |
| Like Johnson I a man of mind | A |
| How could you ever be so blind | A |
| - | |
| No At the ancient Cheshire Cheese | E |
| Blown hither by some vagrant breeze | E |
| To dignify my shallow wit | A |
| In Doctor Johnson's seat I sit | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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