The Bonfires Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABA ACACCACA ABABBABA BDBDDADA| We know the Rocket's upward whizz | A |
| We know the Boom before the Bust | B |
| We know the whistling Wail which is | A |
| The Stick returning to the Dust | B |
| We know how much to take on trust | B |
| Of any promised Paradise | A |
| We know the Pie likewise the Crust | B |
| We know the Bonfire on the Ice | A |
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| We know the Mountain and the Mouse | A |
| We know Great Cry and Little Wool | C |
| We know the purseless Ears of Sows | A |
| We know the Frog that aped the Bull | C |
| We know whatever Trick we pull | C |
| Ourselves have gambled once or twice | A |
| A Bobtailed Flush is not a Full | C |
| We know the Bonfire on the Ice | A |
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| We know that Ones and Ones make Twos | A |
| Till Demos votes them Three or Nought | B |
| We know the Fenris Wolf is loose | A |
| We know what Fight has not been fought | B |
| We know the Father to the Thought | B |
| Which argues Babe and Cockatrice | A |
| Would play together were they taught | B |
| We know that Bonfire on the Ice | A |
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| We know that Thriving comes by Thrift | B |
| We know the Key must keep the Door | D |
| We know his Boot straps cannot lift | B |
| The frightened Waster off the Floor | D |
| We know these things and we deplore | D |
| That not by any Artifice | A |
| Can they be altered Furthermore | D |
| We know the Bonfires on the Ice | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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