Free Verse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCCDBEEDDFFGGHIF BBJJKLLMMLMLMEENNNNO OOPPOQQO| I now delight | A |
| In spite | A |
| Of the might | A |
| And the right | A |
| Of classic tradition | B |
| In writing | C |
| And reciting | C |
| Straight ahead | D |
| Without let or omission | B |
| Just any little rhyme | E |
| In any little time | E |
| That runs in my head | D |
| Because I've said | D |
| My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed | F |
| Like Prussian soldiers on parade | F |
| That march | G |
| Stiff as starch | G |
| Foot to foot | H |
| Boot to boot | I |
| Blade to blade | F |
| Button to button | B |
| Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton | B |
| No No | J |
| My rhymes must go | J |
| Turn 'ee twist 'ee | K |
| Twinkling frosty | L |
| Will o' the wisp like misty | L |
| Rhymes I will make | M |
| Like Keats and Blake | M |
| And Christina Rossetti | L |
| With run and ripple and shake | M |
| How pretty | L |
| To take | M |
| A merry little rhyme | E |
| In a jolly little time | E |
| And poke it | N |
| And choke it | N |
| Change it arrange it | N |
| Straight lace it deface it | N |
| Pleat it with pleats | O |
| Sheet it with sheets | O |
| Of empty conceits | O |
| And chop and chew | P |
| And hack and hew | P |
| And weld it into a uniform stanza | O |
| And evolve a neat | Q |
| Complacent complete | Q |
| Academic extravaganza | O |
Robert Graves
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