Quintetto Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDD E DFDF A GFAF E DF B HFIF E DF A JDKF E DF F LFLF E DF L DFMF E DF| To the tune of Turning turning turning as wheel goes round | A |
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| RECITATIVE MR PAPERSTAMP | B |
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| Jack Horner's CHRISTMAS PIE my learned nurse | C |
| Interpreted to mean the public purse | C |
| From thence a plum he drew O happy Horner | D |
| Who would not be ensconced in thy snug corner | D |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| While round the public board all eagerly we linger | D |
| for what we can get we will try try try | F |
| And we'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| MR FEATHERNEST | A |
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| By my own poetic laws I'm a dealer in applause | G |
| For those who don't deserve it but will buy buy | F |
| So round the court I linger and thus I get a finget | A |
| A finger finger finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| And we'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| MR VAMP | B |
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| My share of pie to win I will dash through thick and thin | H |
| And philosophy and liberty shall fly fly fly | F |
| And truth and taste shall know that their eve Iasting foe | I |
| Has a finger finger finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| And we'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| MR KILLTHEDEAD | A |
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| I'll make my verses rattle with the din of war and battle | J |
| For war doth increase sa la ry ry ry | D |
| And I'll shake the public ears with the triumph of Algiers | K |
| And thus I ll get a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| And we'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| MR PAPERSTAMP | F |
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| And while you thrive by ranting I'll try my luck at canting | L |
| And scribble verse and prose all so dry dry dry | F |
| And Mystic's patent smoke public intellect shall choke | L |
| Arld we ll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| We'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| MR ANYSIDE ANTIJACK | L |
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| My tailor is so clever that my coat will turn for ever | D |
| And take any colour you can dye dye dye | F |
| For all my earthly wishes are among the loaves and fishes | M |
| And to have my little finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
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| THE FIVE | E |
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| And we'll all have a finger a finger a finger | D |
| We'll all have a finger in the CHRISTMAS PIE | F |
Thomas Love Peacock
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