An Invitation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEBFBFGHIJIKLM N| Holding with shaking hands a letter from some | A |
| Official ndash high up he says in the Ministry | B |
| I note that I am invited to Birmingham | C |
| There pedagogues to address for a decent fee | B |
| 'We like to meet ' he goes on 'men eminent | D |
| In the field of letters each year ' and that's well put | E |
| Though I find his words not wholly relevant | D |
| To this red eyed fellow whose mouth tastes rank as soot | E |
| No doubt what he's thinking of is poetry | B |
| When 'Thomas Blackburn' he writes and not the fuss | F |
| A life makes when it has no symmetry | B |
| Though the term 'a poet' being mainly posthumous | F |
| Since I'm no stiff is inappropriate | G |
| What I can confirm is the struggle that never lets up | H |
| Between the horses of Plato beneath my yoke | I |
| One after Light and for Hell not giving a rap | J |
| The other only keen on infernal smoke | I |
| And poems From time to time they commemorate | K |
| Some particularly dirty battle between these two | L |
| I put the letter down ndash what's the right note | M |
| 'Dear Sir ' I type 'how nice to speak to you ' | N |
Thomas Blackburn
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