A Model For The Laureate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFF GHIHEHFF JKLMNOFF| On thrones from China to Peru | A |
| All sorts of kings have sat | B |
| That men and women of all sorts | C |
| proclaimed both good and great | D |
| And what's the odds if such as these | E |
| For reason of the State | D |
| Should keep their lovers waiting | F |
| Keep their lovers waiting | F |
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| Some boast of beggar kings and kings | G |
| Of rascals black and white | H |
| That rule because a strong right arm | I |
| Puts all men in a fright | H |
| And drunk or sober live at ease | E |
| Where none gainsay their right | H |
| And keep their lovers waiting | F |
| Keep their lovers waiting | F |
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| The Muse is mute when public men | J |
| Applaud a modern throne | K |
| Those cheers that can be bought or sold | L |
| That office fools have run | M |
| That waxen seal that signature | N |
| For things like these what decent man | O |
| Would keep his lover waiting | F |
| Keep his lover waiting | F |
William Butler Yeats
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