Trouble In The Louvre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEAAFFCC G| When the German troops were marching with the Uhlans far ahead | A |
| The objective point being Paris as the Berlin wireless said | A |
| There was trouble in the Louvre 'mong the paintings on the walls | B |
| There were shoutings 'cross the centuries there were loud artistic calls | B |
| Mona Lisa ceased her smiling and The Banker and His Wife | C |
| Turned to Millet's Women Gleaning begged protection for their life | C |
| While The Gypsy Girl of Franz Hals fearful of impending fate | D |
| Roused The Shepherds in Arcadia with The Hun is at the Gate | D |
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| Then the panic spread on all sides till the battle of the Marne | E |
| Solved all danger of the looting removed all need to warn | E |
| Straight The Lace Maker from Flemish Bruges in the joyous choral led | A |
| Smiled at Charles First of England who had lost his crown and head | A |
| For fear had left the Louvre when the Teutons turned in flight | F |
| So they scanned the sky no longer for dread Zeppelins in the night | F |
| And the paintings born of centuries touched by genius into life | C |
| Still are hanging in the Louvre 'mid war's clash and clang and strife | C |
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| For Edgar Guest | G |
Thomas O'hagan
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