Exeat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFD GD HIJK LKMLGEJK| I remember the Roman Emperor one of the cruellest of them | A |
| Who used to visit for pleasure his poor prisoners cramped in dungeons | B |
| So then they would beg him for death and then he would say | C |
| Oh no oh no we are not yet friends enough | D |
| He meant they were not yet friends enough for him to give them death | E |
| So I fancy my Muse says when I wish to die | F |
| Oh no Oh no we are not yet friends enough | D |
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| And Virtue also says | G |
| We are not yet friends enough | D |
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| How can a poet commit suicide | H |
| When he is still not listening properly to his Muse | I |
| Or a lover of Virtue when | J |
| He is always putting her off until tomorrow | K |
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| Yet a time may come when a poet or any person | L |
| Having a long life behind him pleasure and sorrow | K |
| But feeble now and expensive to his country | M |
| And on the point of no longer being able to make a decision | L |
| May fancy Life comes to him with love and says | G |
| We are friends enough now for me to give you death | E |
| Then he may commit suicide then | J |
| He may go | K |
Stevie Smith
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