Religion Of Hudibras, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEFGHIIFFEFJKLM NNOOPPBBQRSSTTUUGHVW XX| For his religion it was fit | A |
| To match his learning and his wit | A |
| 'Twas Presbyterian true blue | B |
| For he was of that stubborn crew | B |
| Of errant saints whom all men grant | C |
| To be the true church militant | D |
| Such as do build their faith upon | E |
| The holy text of pike and gun | F |
| Decide all controversies by | G |
| Infallible artillery | H |
| And prove their doctrine orthodox | I |
| By apostolic blows and knocks | I |
| Call fire and sword and desolation | F |
| A godly thorough reformation | F |
| Which always must be carried on | E |
| And still be doing never done | F |
| As if religion were intended | J |
| For nothing else but to be mended | K |
| A sect whose chief devotion lies | L |
| In odd perverse antipathies | M |
| In falling out with that or this | N |
| And finding somewhat still amiss | N |
| More peevish cross and splenetic | O |
| Than dog distract or monkey sick | O |
| That with more care keep holy day | P |
| The wrong than others the right way | P |
| Compound for sins they are inclin'd to | B |
| By damning those they have no mind to | B |
| Still so perverse and opposite | Q |
| As if they worshipped God for spite | R |
| The self same thing they will abhor | S |
| One way and long another for | S |
| Free will they one way disavow | T |
| Another nothing else allow | T |
| All piety consists therein | U |
| In them in other men all sin | U |
| Rather than fail they will defy | G |
| That which they love most tenderly | H |
| Quarrel with minc'd pies and disparage | V |
| Their best and dearest friend plum porridge | W |
| Fat pig and goose itself oppose | X |
| And blaspheme custard through the nose | X |
Samuel Butler
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