To............. An Impromtu. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIJK LMLM NBNB OPOP QOQO| O Sub you certainly have been | A |
| A little raking roguish creature | B |
| And in that face may still be seen | C |
| Each laughing loves bewitching feature | B |
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| For thou hast stolen many a heart | D |
| And robb'd the sweetness of the rose | E |
| Plac'd on that cheek it doth impart | D |
| More lovely tints more fragrant blows | E |
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| Yes thou art nature's favorite child | F |
| Array'd in smiles seducing killing | G |
| Did Joseph live you'd drive him wild | F |
| And set his very soul a thrilling | G |
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| A poet much too poor to live | H |
| Too poor in this rich world to rove | I |
| Too poor for aught but verse to give | J |
| But not thank God too poor to love | K |
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| Gives thee his little doggerel lay | L |
| One truth I tell in sorrow tell it | M |
| I'm forc'd to give my verse away | L |
| Because alas I cannot sell it | M |
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| And should you with a critic's eye | N |
| Proclaim me 'gainst the Muse a sinner | B |
| Reflect dear girl that such as I | N |
| Six times a week don't get a dinner | B |
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| And want of comfort food and wine | O |
| Will damp the genius curb the spirit | P |
| These wants I'll own are often mine | O |
| But can't allow a want of merit | P |
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| For every stupid dog that drinks | Q |
| At poet's pond nicknam'd divine | O |
| Say what he will I know he thinks | Q |
| That all he writes is devilish fine | O |
Thomas Gent
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