The Stirrup Cup Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADD EFGFEHH AIEIAJJ| Come drink a stirrup cup with me | A |
| Before we close our rouse | B |
| You 're all aglow with wine I know | C |
| The master of the house | B |
| Unmindful of our revelry | A |
| Has drowned the carking devil care | D |
| And slumbers in his chair | D |
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| Come drink a cup before we start | E |
| We 've far to ride to night | F |
| And Death may take the race we make | G |
| And check our gallant flight | F |
| But even he must play his part | E |
| And tho' the look he wears be grim | H |
| We 'll drink a toast to him | H |
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| For Death a swift old chap is he | A |
| And swift the steed He rides | I |
| He needs no chart o'er main or mart | E |
| For no direction bides | I |
| So come a final cup with me | A |
| And let the soldiers' chorus swell | J |
| To hell with care to hell | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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