Mr. Roger Dodsworth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C DEDE FGFG HIJK LMLM NONO NPNP| TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES | A |
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| Sir Having just heard of the wonderful resurrection of Mr Roger Dodsworth from under an avalanche where he had remained bien frappe it seems for the last years I hasten to impart to you a few reflections on the subject Yours etc | B |
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| Laudator Temporis Acti | C |
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| What a lucky turn up just as Eldon's withdrawing | D |
| To find thus a gentleman frozen in the year | E |
| Sixteen hundred and sixty who only wants thawing | D |
| To serve for our times quite as well as the Peer | E |
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| To bring thus to light not the Wisdom alone | F |
| Of our Ancestors such as 'tis found on our shelves | G |
| But in perfect condition full wigged and full grown | F |
| To shovel up one of those wise bucks themselves | G |
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| Oh thaw Mr Dodsworth and send him safe home | H |
| Let him learn nothing useful or new on the way | I |
| With his wisdom kept snug from the light let him come | J |
| And our Tories will hail him with Hear and Hurrah | K |
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| What a God send to them a good obsolete man | L |
| Who has never of Locke or Voltaire been a reader | M |
| Oh thaw Mr Dodsworth as fast as you can | L |
| And the Lonsdales and Hertfords shall choose him for leader | M |
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| Yes Sleeper of Ages thou shalt be their chosen | N |
| And deeply with thee will they sorrow good men | O |
| To think that all Europe has since thou wert frozen | N |
| So altered thou hardly wilt know it again | O |
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| And Eldon will weep o'er each sad innovation | N |
| Such oceans of tears thou wilt fancy that he | P |
| Has been also laid up in a long congelation | N |
| And is only now thawing dear Roger like thee | P |
Thomas Moore
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