Whistler Versus Ruskin Trial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDB EBFBCCCB BBBBGGGB HBIBAAAB ABABAAAB BBBBJKKB LBLBMMMB| Critic John cam here to view | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Lindsay's picture shop bran new | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| John he cast his head fu' high | C |
| Looked asklent and unco' skeigh | C |
| Vowed he'd gar James stand abeigh | D |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
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| John he nayther ramps nor roars | E |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Soft gans hame and writes in Fors | F |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Writes and wi' ae critic puff | C |
| Blaws James oot like can'le snuff | C |
| Sweers in Art he's just a muff | C |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
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| Englan' heurs and rubs her ee | B |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Just as I had guessed quo' she | B |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| No so James He to the Judge | G |
| Cries John he ca's my noketurns 'fudge' | G |
| That's a lee spoke in a grudge | G |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
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| Ca' up Michael Ca' up Moore | H |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Bring up Wills he's kenned before | I |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Midmay Michael's ta'en his stan' | A |
| Moore and Wills say Whistler' gran' | A |
| Nae better work done in this lan' | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
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| Now bring Jones let's hear his min' | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Out spake he Jim's work's rale fine | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| An' were't like Titian's here or mine | A |
| A' this or that I'd no decline | A |
| To say they're rather like muneshine | A |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| - | |
| Run in Frith Says he Dear me | B |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| For my pairt here's nowt like me | B |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
| Nothing is like nature here | J |
| Where's the detail roun' an' clear | K |
| Such as in my work appear | K |
| Ha ha the viewin' o't | B |
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| How it cam let lawyers tell | L |
| Ha ha the provin' o't | B |
| Jury bodies luik fu' swell | L |
| Ha ha the provin' o't | B |
| John's no right yet Jim's no wrang | M |
| Art's made of nocht but peut an' slang | M |
| Half a bawbee Hame let's gang | M |
| Ha ha the provin' o't | B |
Thomas Runciman
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