The Principal's Ash-barrel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIEE| In a notable college the story is told | A |
| 'Twill bear repetition although somewhat old | A |
| That at some unauthenticate date in the past | B |
| I think 'twas the month or the year before last | B |
| The Principal brought a complaint 'gainst the Steward | C |
| Concerning a matter he long had endured | D |
| He deposed that the former the cause of the quarrel | E |
| Had neglected to see to his scavenger barrel | E |
| And requested the Faculty grave and sedate | F |
| To sit and consider the point in debate | F |
| Which this reverend body would straightway have done | G |
| Had not a professor objection begun | G |
| By insisting that such an undignified act | H |
| To the Faculty was not becoming in fact | H |
| That he for his part refused to comply | I |
| With the purpose the Principal wished to apply | I |
| Considering it 'neath both his place and apparel | E |
| To sit upon anyone's scavenger barrel | E |
W. M. Mackeracher
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