Pagett, M.p. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CBDD EBFF BBEE GGHH BBBB HHIJ KKBB LBBB| The toad beneath the harrow knows | A |
| Exactly where eath tooth point goes | A |
| The butterfly upon the road | B |
| Preaches contentment to that toad | B |
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| Pagett M P was a liar and a fluent liar therewith | C |
| He spoke of the heat of India as the quot Asian Solar Myth quot | B |
| Came on a four months' visit to quot study the East quot in November | D |
| And I got him to sign an agreement vowing to stay till September | D |
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| March came in with the koil Pagett was cool and gay | E |
| Called me a quot bloated Brahmin quot talked of my quot princely pay quot | B |
| March went out with the roses quot Where is your heat quot said he | F |
| quot Coming quot said I to Pagett quot Skittles quot said Pagett M P | F |
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| April began with the punkah coolies and prickly heat | B |
| Pagett was dear to mosquitoes sandflies found him a treat | B |
| He grew speckled and mumpy hammered I grieve to say | E |
| Aryan brothers who fanned him in an illiberal way | E |
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| May set in with a dust storm Pagett went down with the sun | G |
| All the delights of the season tickled him one by one | G |
| Imprimis ten day's quot liver quot due to his drinking beer | H |
| Later a dose of fever slight but he called it severe | H |
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| Dysent'ry touched him in June after the Chota Bursat | B |
| Lowered his portly person made him yearn to depart | B |
| He didn't call me a quot Brahmin quot or quot bloated quot or quot overpaid quot | B |
| But seemed to think it a wonder that any one stayed | B |
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| July was a trifle unhealthy Pagett was ill with fear | H |
| 'Called it the quot Cholera Morbus quot hinted that life was dear | H |
| He babbled of quot Eastern Exile quot and mentioned his home with tears | I |
| But I haven't seen my children for close upon seven years | J |
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| We reached a hundred and twenty once in the Court at noon | K |
| I've mentioned Pagett was portly Pagett went off in a swoon | K |
| That was an end to the business Pagett the perjured fled | B |
| With a practical working knowledge of quot Solar Myths quot in his head | B |
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| And I laughed as I drove from the station but the mirth died out on my lips | L |
| As I thought of the fools like Pagett who write of their quot Eastern trips quot | B |
| And the sneers of the traveled idiots who duly misgovern the land | B |
| And I prayed to the Lord to deliver another one into my hand | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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