A Tale Of Two Cities Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGHIJCCKKLL MMNOCCPPQQRRSSCCTTUU VVNOWWXYZA2A2B2GWWC2 C2WWD2E2EEF2F2G2G2FF H2H2HHLLI2I2Where the sober colored cultivator smiles | A |
On his byles | A |
Where the cholera the cyclone and the crow | B |
Come and go | B |
Where the merchant deals in indigo and tea | C |
Hides and ghi | D |
Where the Babu drops inflammatory hints | E |
In his prints | E |
Stands a City Charnock chose it packed away | F |
Near a Bay | F |
By the Sewage rendered fetid by the sewer | G |
Made impure | H |
By the Sunderbunds unwholesome by the swamp | I |
Moist and damp | J |
And the City and the Viceroy as we see | C |
Don't agree | C |
Once two hundered years ago the trader came | K |
Meek and tame | K |
Where his timid foot first halted there he stayed | L |
Till mere trade | L |
Grew to Empire and he sent his armies forth | M |
South and North | M |
Till the country from Peshawur to Ceylon | N |
Was his own | O |
Thus the midday halt of Charnock more's the pity | C |
Grew a City | C |
As the fungus sprouts chaotic from its bed | P |
So it spread | P |
Chance directed chance erected laid and built | Q |
On the silt | Q |
Palace byre hovel poverty and pride | R |
Side by side | R |
And above the packed and pestilential town | S |
Death looked down | S |
But the Rulers in that City by the Sea | C |
Turned to flee | C |
Fled with each returning spring tide from its ills | T |
To the Hills | T |
From the clammy fogs of morning from the blaze | U |
Of old days | U |
From the sickness of the noontide from the heat | V |
Beat retreat | V |
For the country from Peshawur to Ceylon | N |
Was their own | O |
But the Merchant risked the perils of the Plain | W |
For his gain | W |
Now the resting place of Charnock 'neath the palms | X |
Asks an alms | Y |
And the burden of its lamentation is Briefly this | Z |
Because for certain months we boil and stew | A2 |
So should you | A2 |
Cast the Viceroy and his Council to perspire | B2 |
In our fire | G |
And for answer to the argument in vain | W |
We explain | W |
That an amateur Saint Lawrence cannot fry | C2 |
All must fry | C2 |
That the Merchant risks the perils of the Plain | W |
For gain | W |
Nor can Rulers rule a house that men grow rich in | D2 |
From its kitchen | E2 |
Let the Babu drop inflammatory hints | E |
In his prints | E |
And mature consistent soul his plan for stealing | F2 |
To Darjeeling | F2 |
Let the Merchant seek who makes his silver pile | G2 |
England's isle | G2 |
Let the City Charnock pitched on evil day | F |
Go Her way | F |
Though the argosies of Asia at Her doors | H2 |
Heap their stores | H2 |
Though Her enterprise and energy secure | H |
Income sure | H |
Though out station orders punctually obeyed | L |
Swell Her trade | L |
Still for rule administration and the rest | I2 |
Simla's best | I2 |
Rudyard Kipling
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