L'escargot D'or Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGG AAHHIIIIIIIIJJ AAKKIILLMMIIAA| O Tavern of the Golden Snail | A |
| Ten sous have I so I'll regale | A |
| Ten sous your amber brew to sip | B |
| Eight for the bock and two the tip | B |
| And so I'll sit the evening long | C |
| And smoke my pipe and watch the throng | C |
| The giddy crowd that drains and drinks | D |
| I'll watch it quiet as a sphinx | D |
| And who among them all shall buy | E |
| For ten poor sous such joy as I | E |
| As I who snugly tucked away | F |
| Look on it all as on a play | F |
| A frolic scene of love and fun | G |
| To please an audience of One | G |
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| O Tavern of the Golden Snail | A |
| You've stuff indeed for many a tale | A |
| All eyes all ears I nothing miss | H |
| Two lovers lean to clasp and kiss | H |
| The merry students sing and shout | I |
| The nimble garcons dart about | I |
| Lo here come Mimi and Musette | I |
| With S'il vous plait une cigarette | I |
| Marcel and Rudolf Shaunard too | I |
| Behold the old rapscallion crew | I |
| With flowing tie and shaggy head | I |
| Who says Bohemia is dead | I |
| Oh shades of Murger prank and clown | J |
| And I will watch and write it down | J |
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| O Tavern of the Golden Snail | A |
| What crackling throats have gulped your ale | A |
| What sons of Fame from far and near | K |
| Have glowed and mellowed in your cheer | K |
| Within this corner where I sit | I |
| Banville and Copp eacute e clashed their wit | I |
| And hither too to dream and drain | L |
| And drown despair came poor Verlaine | L |
| Here Wilde would talk and Synge would muse | M |
| Maybe like me with just ten sous | M |
| Ah one is lucky is one not | I |
| With ghosts so rare to drain a pot | I |
| So may your custom never fail | A |
| O Tavern of the Golden Snail | A |
Robert Service
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