Bacchanalian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII FJFJKK KLKLMM MNMNKK COCOPP| I pity him who has not swung | A |
| The Thyrsus in the air | B |
| And followed Bacchus blithe and young | A |
| With vine leaves in his hair | B |
| And heard the Maenads sing | C |
| And the mad cymbals ring | C |
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| I pity those who have to walk | D |
| In sober ways and sad | E |
| And keep a guard upon their talk | D |
| Lest men should think them mad | E |
| Or careless speech should show | F |
| The felon thought below | F |
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| When in my goblet blithe and gay | G |
| The beaded bubbles wink | H |
| For all poor souls like this I pray | G |
| That they may learn to drink | H |
| And like a rose in rain | I |
| Open shut heart and brain | I |
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| Who does not drink he does not know | F |
| And he will never find | J |
| What merry fellows live below | F |
| The surface of his mind | J |
| These other men to me | K |
| Are right good company | K |
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| If beings of Mythology | K |
| Could live at my commands | L |
| Briareus I'd choose to be | K |
| Who had a hundred hands | L |
| And every hand of mine | M |
| Would hold a pint of wine | M |
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| And of those beakers ninety nine | M |
| With white wine and with red | N |
| Should brim for dear old friends of mine | M |
| The living and the dead | N |
| By Pluto there would be | K |
| A noble revelry | K |
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| Then let us unto Bacchus sing | C |
| Evoe up and down | O |
| For Bacchus is the wisest king | C |
| Who ever wore a crown | O |
| His vine leaves hide from view | P |
| More wit than Plato knew | P |
Victor James Daley
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