On The Rupture Of The Thames' Tunnel, Written 2nd July, 1827 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDEFFGGHHII JKLLMMNOPKQRSSMMFFTT UUUMM KKVV| Every poor Quidnunc now condemns | A |
| The Tunnel underneath Old Thames | A |
| And swears his science all forgetting | B |
| Friend Brunel's judgment wanted whetting | B |
| 'Tis thus great characters are dish'd | C |
| When they get wetter than was wish'd | C |
| Brunel to Gravesend meant to go | B |
| Under the water wags say so | B |
| And under that same water put | D |
| His hopes to find a shorter cut | E |
| But when we leave the light of day | F |
| Water hath many a devious way | F |
| Which like a naughty woman leads | G |
| The best of men to strange misdeeds | G |
| Had nearly 'twas a toss up whether | H |
| Gone to his grave and end together | H |
| How the performance went amiss | I |
| The classical account is this | I |
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| The Naiads Thames' stream that swim in | J |
| Being curious just like mortal women | K |
| Dear souls 'tis said midst all their cares | L |
| They love to peep at man's affairs | L |
| And wondering at the workmen's hammers | M |
| The noise of axes engines rammers | M |
| Thought 'twould be well nor meant the fun ill | N |
| To make an opening through the Tunnel | O |
| Just to see how the work went on | P |
| And then down dash'd they every one | K |
| When these same belles began to dire | Q |
| 'Twas well the workmen 'scaped alive | R |
| Brunel indeed who knew full well | S |
| The nature of a diving bell | S |
| Remain'd some time nor made wry faces | M |
| Within their aqueous embraces | M |
| Nay fierce and ungallant adventured | F |
| To oust them by the breach they entered | F |
| Vain man 'twas well that he could swim | T |
| Or certes they had ousted him | T |
| Speed on great projects though we rate 'em | U |
| Rash for alluvial pomatum | U |
| And under that a sandy stratum | U |
| Will offer at a little distance | M |
| An insurmountable resistance | M |
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| How strange to find the labour done | K |
| Just as the sand begins to run | K |
| In general human projects drop | V |
| Just when our sand begins to stop | V |
Thomas Gent
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