Hudibras: Part 3 - Canto I Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Hudibras: Part 3 - Canto I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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THE ARGUMENT	A
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The Knight and Squire resolve at once	B
The one the other to renounce	C
They both approach the Lady's Bower	D
The Squire t'inform the Knight to woo her	D
She treats them with a Masquerade	E
By Furies and Hobgoblins made	E
From which the Squire conveys the Knight	F
And steals him from himself by Night	F
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'Tis true no lover has that pow'r	G
T' enforce a desperate amour	G
As he that has two strings t' his bow	H
And burns for love and money too	I
For then he's brave and resolute	J
Disdains to render in his suit	J
Has all his flames and raptures double	K
And hangs or drowns with half the trouble	K
While those who sillily pursue	I
The simple downright way and true	I
Make as unlucky applications	L
And steer against the stream their passions	L
Some forge their mistresses of stars	M
And when the ladies prove averse	N
And more untoward to be won	O
Than by CALIGULA the Moon	P
Cry out upon the stars for doing	Q
Ill offices to cross their wooing	Q
When only by themselves they're hindred	J
For trusting those they made her kindred	J
And still the harsher and hide bounder	G
The damsels prove become the fonder	G
For what mad lover ever dy'd	J
To gain a soft and gentle bride	J
Or for a lady tender hearted	J
In purling streams or hemp departed	J
Leap'd headlong int' Elysium	R
Through th' windows of a dazzling room	S
But for some cross ill natur'd dame	T
The am'rous fly burnt in his flame	T
This to the Knight could be no news	U
With all mankind so much in use	V
Who therefore took the wiser course	W
To make the most of his amours	W
Resolv'd to try all sorts of ways	W
As follows in due time and place	W
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No sooner was the bloody fight	J
Between the Wizard and the Knight	J
With all th' appurtenances over	G
But he relaps'd again t' a lover	G
As he was always wont to do	J
When h' had discomfited a foe	X
And us'd the only antique philters	W
Deriv'd from old heroic tilters	W
But now triumphant and victorious	W
He held th' atchievement was too glorious	W
For such a conqueror to meddle	K
With petty constable or beadle	K
Or fly for refuge to the Hostess	W
Of th' Inns of Court and Chancery Justice	W
Who might perhaps reduce his cause	W
To th' cordeal trial of the laws	W
Where none escape but such as branded	J
With red hot irons have past bare handed	J
And if they cannot read one verse	W
I' th' Psalms must sing it and that's worse	W
He therefore judging it below him	Y
To tempt a shame the Devil might owe him	Y
Resolv'd to leave the Squire for bail	Z
And mainprize for him to the gaol	Z
To answer with his vessel all	Z
That might disastrously befall	Z
And thought it now the fittest juncture	G
To give the Lady a rencounter	G
T' acquaint her 'with his expedition	O
And conquest o'er the fierce Magician	O
Describe the manner of the fray	G
And show the spoils he brought away	G
His bloody scourging aggravate	J
The number of his blows and weight	J
All which might probably succeed	J
And gain belief h' had done the deed	J
Which he resolv'd t' enforce and spare	G
No pawning of his soul to swear	G
But rather than produce his back	A2
To set his conscience on the rack	A2
And in pursuance of his urging	Q
Of articles perform'd and scourging	Q
And all things else his part	J
Demand deliv'ry of her heart	J
Her goods and chattels and good graces	W
And person up to his embraces	W
Thought he the ancient errant knights	W
Won all their ladies hearts in fights	W
And cut whole giants into fritters	W
To put them into amorous twitters	W
Whose stubborn bowels scorn'd to yield	J
Until their gallants were half kill'd	J
But when their bones were drub'd so sore	G
They durst not woo one combat more	G
The ladies hearts began to melt	J
Subdu'd by blows their lovers felt	J
So Spanish heroes with their lances	W
At once wound bulls and ladies' fancies	W
And he acquires the noblest spouse	W
That widows greatest herds of cows	W
Then what may I expect to do	J
Wh' have quell'd so vast a buffalo	Z
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Mean while the Squire was on his way	G
The Knight's late orders to obey	G
Who sent him for a strong detachment	J
Of beadles constables and watchmen	B2
T' attack the cunning man fur plunder	G
Committed falsely on his lumber	G
When he who had so lately sack'd	J
The enemy had done the fact	J
Had rifled all his pokes and fobs	W
Of gimcracks whims and jiggumbobs	W
When he by hook or crook had gather'd	J
And for his own inventions father'd	J
And when they should at gaol delivery	G
Unriddle one another's thievery	G
Both might have evidence enough	C2
To render neither halter proof	D2
He thought it desperate to tarry	G
And venture to be accessary	G
But rather wisely slip his fetters	W
And leave them for the Knight his betters	W
He call'd to mind th' unjust foul play	G
He wou'd have offer'd him that day	G
To make him curry his own hide	J
Which no beast ever did beside	J
Without all possible evasion	O
But of the riding dispensation	O
And therefore much about the hour	G
The Knight for reasons told before	G
Resolv'd to leave them to the fury	G
Of Justice and an unpack'd Jury	G
The Squire concurr'd t' abandon him	Y
And serve him in the self same trim	Y
T' acquaint the Lady what h' had done	O
And what he meant to carry on	E2
What project 'twas he went about	J
When SIDROPHEL and he fell out	J
His firm and stedfast Resolution	O
To swear her to an execution	O
To pawn his inward ears to marry her	G
And bribe the Devil himself to carry her	G
In which both dealt as if they meant	J
Their Party Saints to represent	J
Who never fail'd upon their sharing	Q
In any prosperous arms bearing	Q
To lay themselves out to supplant	J
Each other Cousin German Saint	J
But ere the Knight could do his part	J
The Squire had got so much the start	J
H' had to the Lady done his errand	J
And told her all his tricks afore hand	J
Just as he finish'd his report	J
The Knight alighted in the court	J
And having ty'd his beast t' a pale	Z
And taking time for both to stale	Z
He put his band and beard in order	G
The sprucer to accost and board her	G
And now began t' approach the door	G
When she wh' had spy'd him out before	G
Convey'd th' informer out of sight	J
And went to entertain the Knight	J
With whom encount'ring after longees	W
Of humble and submissive congees	W
And all due ceremonies paid	J
He strok'd his beard and thus he said	J
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Madam I do as is my duty	G
Honour the shadow of your shoe tye	F2
And now am come to bring your ear	G
A present you'll be glad to hear	G
At least I hope so the thing's done	O
Or may I never see the sun	O
For which I humbly now demand	J
Performance at your gentle hand	J
And that you'd please to do your part	J
As I have done mine to my smart	J
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With that he shrugg'd his sturdy back	A2
As if he felt his shoulders ake	G2
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But she who well enough knew what	J
Before he spoke he would be at	J
Pretended not to apprehend	J
The mystery of what he mean'd	J
And therefore wish'd him to expound	J
His dark expressions less profound	J
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Madam quoth he I come to prove	H2
How much I've suffer'd for your love	I2
Which like your votary to win	J2
I have not spar'd my tatter'd skin	J2
And for those meritorious lashes	W
To claim your favour and good graces	W
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Quoth she I do remember once	W
I freed you from th' inchanted sconce	W
And that you promis'd for that favour	G
To bind your back to good behaviour	G
And for my sake and service vow'd	J
To lay upon't a heavy load	J
And what 'twould bear t' a scruple prove	H2
As other Knights do oft make love	I2
Which whether you have done or no	Z
Concerns yourself not me to know	Z
But if you have I shall confess	W
Y' are honester than I could guess	W
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Quoth he if you suspect my troth	K2
I cannot prove it but by oath	K2
And if you make a question on't	J
I'll pawn my soul that I have done't	J
And he that makes his soul his surety	J
I think does give the best security	J
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Quoth she Some say the soul's secure	G
Against distress and forfeiture	G
Is free from action and exempt	J
From execution and contempt	J
And to be summon'd to appear	G
In th' other world's illegal here	G
And therefore f	L2