The Pope And The Net Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GHI JJJ| What he on whom our voices unanimously ran | A |
| Made Pope at our last Conclave Full low his life began | A |
| His father earned the daily bread as just a fisherman | A |
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| So much the more his boy minds book gives proof of mother wit | B |
| Becomes first Deacon and then Priest then Bishop see him sit | B |
| No less than Cardinal erelong while no one cries Unfit | B |
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| But some one smirks some other smiles jogs elbow and nods head | C |
| Each winks at each I' faith a rise Saint Peter's net instead | C |
| Of sword and keys is come in vogue You think he blushes red | C |
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| Not he of humble holy heart Unworthy me he sighs | D |
| From fisher's drudge to Church's prince it is indeed a rise | D |
| So here's my way to keep the fact forever in my eyes | D |
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| And straightway in his palace hall where commonly is set | E |
| Some coat of arms some portraiture ancestral lo we met | E |
| His mean estate's reminder in his fisherfather's net | E |
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| Which step conciliates all and some stops cavil in a trice | F |
| The humble holy heart that holds of new born pride no spice | F |
| He's just the saint to choose for Pope Each adds 'Tis my advice | F |
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| So Pope he was and when we flocked its sacred slipper on | G |
| To kiss his foot we lifted eyes alack the thing was gone | H |
| That guarantee of lowlihead eclipsed that star which shone | I |
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| Each eyed his fellow one and all kept silence I cried Pish | J |
| I'll make me spokesman for the rest express the common wish | J |
| Why Father is the net removed Son it hath caught the fish | J |
Robert Browning
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