Dylan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM| And is it not a gesture grand | A |
| To drink oneself to death | B |
| Oh sure 'tis I can understand | A |
| Being of sober breath | B |
| And so I do not sing success | C |
| But dirge the damned who fall | D |
| And who contempt for life express | C |
| Through alcohol | E |
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| Of Stephen Foster and of Poe | F |
| Of Burns and Wilde I think | G |
| And weary men who dared to go | F |
| The wanton way of drink | G |
| Strange mortals blind to bitter blame | H |
| And deaf to loud delight | I |
| Who from the shades of sin and shame | H |
| Enstar our night | I |
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| Among those dupes of destiny | J |
| Add D T to my list | K |
| Although his verse you may agree | J |
| Leaves one in mental mist | K |
| Oh ye mad poets loth of life | L |
| Who peace in death divine | M |
| Pass not by pistol poison knife | L |
| Drown drown in wine | M |
Robert William Service
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