Anacreontick I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGHGIBIBJKLK MNMNOPOPBQBQQRQRQNQN BSBSTUTVWQWQXAYAZA2Z B2C2CC2D2E2BD2B| Gay Bacchus liking Estcourt's Wine | A |
| A noble Meal bespoke | B |
| And for the Guests that were to Dine | A |
| Brought Comus Love and Joke | B |
| The God near Cupid drew his Chair | C |
| And Joke near Comus plac'd | D |
| Thus Wine makes Love forget its Care | C |
| And Mirth exalts a Feast | E |
| The more to please the sprightly God | F |
| Each sweet engaging Grace | G |
| Put on some Cloaths to come abroad | H |
| And took a Waiters Place | G |
| Then Cupid nam'd at every Glass | I |
| A Lady of the Sky | B |
| While Bacchus swore he'd Drink the Lass | I |
| And had it Bumper high | B |
| Fat Comus tost his Brimmers o're | J |
| And always got the most | K |
| For Joke took care to fill him more | L |
| When e'er he mist the Toast | K |
| They call'd and drank at every Touch | M |
| Then fill'd and drank again | N |
| And if the Gods can take too much | M |
| 'Tis said they did so then | N |
| Free Jests run all the Table round | O |
| And with the Wine conspire | P |
| While they by sly Reflection wound | O |
| To set their Heads on Fire | P |
| Gay Bacchus little Cupid stung | B |
| By reck'ning his Deceits | Q |
| And Cupid mock'd his stammering Tongue | B |
| With all his staggering Gaits | Q |
| Joke droll'd on Comus' greedy Ways | Q |
| And Tales without a Jest | R |
| While Comus call'd his witty Plays | Q |
| But Waggeries at Best | R |
| Such Talk soon set 'em all at Odds | Q |
| And had I Homer's Pen | N |
| I'd sing ye how they drunk like Gods | Q |
| And how they fought like Men | N |
| To part the Fray the Graces fly | B |
| Who make 'em soon agree | S |
| And had the Furies selves been nigh | B |
| They still were Three to Three | S |
| Bacchus appeas'd rais'd Cupid up | T |
| And gave him back his Bow | U |
| But kept some Darts to stir the Cup | T |
| Where Sack and Sugar flow | V |
| Joke taking Comus' rosie Crown | W |
| In Triumph wore the Prize | Q |
| And thrice in Mirth he pusht him down | W |
| As thrice he strove to rise | Q |
| Then Cupid sought the Myrtle Grove | X |
| Where Venus did recline | A |
| And Beauty close embracing Love | Y |
| They join'd to Rail at Wine | A |
| And Comus loudly cursing Wit | Z |
| Roll'd off to some Retreat | A2 |
| Where boon Companions gravely sit | Z |
| In fat unweildy State | B2 |
| Bacchus and Joke who stay behind | C2 |
| For one fresh Glass prepare | C |
| They Kiss and are exceeding kind | C2 |
| And Vow to be sincere | D2 |
| But part in Time whoever hear | E2 |
| This our Instructive Song | B |
| For tho' such Friendships may be dear | D2 |
| They can't continue long | B |
Thomas Parnell
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