A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFEGHIHJACACOME swish around my pretty punk | A |
And keep me dancing still | B |
That I may stay a sober man | C |
Although I drink my fill | B |
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Sobriety is a jewel | D |
That I do much adore | E |
And therefore keep me dancing | F |
Though drunkards lie and snore | E |
O mind your feet O mind your feet | G |
Keep dancing like a wave | H |
And under every dancer | I |
A dead man in his grave | H |
No ups and downs my pretty | J |
A mermaid not a punk | A |
A drunkard is a dead man | C |
And all dead men are drunk | A |
William Butler Yeats
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