Extracts From The Diary Of A Politician Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEE F GGHHFFIIJJ KK F FJLBFFFF| Wednesday | A |
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| Thro' Manchester Square took a canter just now | B |
| Met the old yellow chariot and made a low bow | B |
| This I did of course thinking 'twas loyal and civil | C |
| But got such a look oh 'twas black as the devil | C |
| How unlucky incog he was travelling about | D |
| And I like a noodle must go find him out | D |
| Mem when next by the old yellow chariot I ride | E |
| To remember there is nothing princely inside | E |
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| Thursday | F |
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| At Levee to day made another sad blunder | G |
| What can be come over me lately I wonder | G |
| The Prince was as cheerful as if all his life | H |
| He had never been troubled with Friends or a Wife | H |
| Fine weather says he to which I who must prate | F |
| Answered Yes Sir but changeable rather of late | F |
| He took it I fear for he lookt somewhat gruff | I |
| And handled his new pair of whiskers so rough | I |
| That before all the courtiers I feared they'd come off | J |
| And then Lord how Geramb would triumphantly scoff | J |
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| Mem to buy for son Dicky some unguent or lotion | K |
| To nourish his whiskers sure road to promotion | K |
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| Saturday | F |
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| Last night a Concert vastly gay | F |
| Given by Lady Castlereagh | J |
| My Lord loves music and we know | L |
| Has two strings always to his bow | B |
| In choosing songs the Regent named | F |
| Had I a heart for falsehood framed | F |
| While gentle Hertford begged and prayed | F |
| For Young I am and sore afraid | F |
Thomas Moore
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