Lines To A Pedantic Critic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGGHHGG| Critic should I vouchsafe to learn of thee | A |
| Correct no doubt but cold my strains would be | A |
| Now cold correctness I despise the name | B |
| Is that a passport through the gates of fame | B |
| Thy pedant rules with care I studied once | C |
| Was I made wiser or a greater dunce | C |
| Hence Critic hence I'll study them no more | D |
| My eyes are open'd and the folly's o'er | E |
| When Genius opes the floodgates of the soul | F |
| Fancy's outbursting tides impetuous roll | F |
| Onward they rush with unresisted sway | G |
| Sweeping fools pedants critics all away | G |
| Who would with obstacles their progress stay | G |
| As mighty Ocean bids his waves comply | H |
| With the great luminaries of the sky | H |
| So Genius to direct his course aright | G |
| Owns but one guide the inspiring God of light | G |
Thomas Oldham
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