The Three Drinkers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DFFF DDGD| Blacksmith Green had three strong sons | A |
| With bread and beef did fill 'em | B |
| Now John and Ned are perished and dead | C |
| But plenty remains of William | B |
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| John Green was a whiskey drinker | D |
| The Land of Cakes supplied him | E |
| Till at last his soul flew out by the hole | F |
| That the fierce drink burned inside him | E |
| - | |
| Ned Green was a water drinker | D |
| And Lord how Ned would fuddle | F |
| He rotted away his mortal clay | F |
| Like an old boot thrown in a puddle | F |
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| Will Green was a wise young drinker | D |
| Shrank from whiskey or water | D |
| But he made good cheer with headstrong beer | G |
| And married an alderman's daughter | D |
Robert Graves
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