The Speakers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EBEBFGFG| A equals X says Mister One | A |
| A equals B says Mister Two | B |
| A equals nothing under the sun | A |
| But A says Mister Three A few | B |
| Applaud some wipe their eyes | C |
| Some linger in the shade to see | D |
| One and Two in neat disguise | C |
| Decapitating Mister Three | D |
| - | |
| This age is not entirely bad | E |
| It's bad enough God knows but you | B |
| Should know Elizabethans had | E |
| Sweeneys and Mrs Porters too | B |
| The past goes down and disappears | F |
| The present stumbles home to bed | G |
| The future stretches out in years | F |
| That no one knows and you'll be dead | G |
Weldon Kees
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