Report Of An Adjudged Case Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJIJ AKAK ALAL MNON PQRQ| Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose | A |
| The spectacles set them unhappily wrong | B |
| The point in dispute was as all the world knows | A |
| To which the said spectacles ought to belong | B |
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| So the Tongue was the Lawyer and argued the cause | C |
| With a great deal of skill and a wig full of learning | D |
| While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws | E |
| So famed for his talent in nicely discerning | D |
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| In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear | F |
| And your lordship he said will undoubtedly find | G |
| That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear | H |
| Which amounts to possession time out of mind | G |
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| Then holding the spectacles up to the court | I |
| Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle | J |
| As wide as the ridge of the Nose is in short | I |
| Designed to sit close to it just like a saddle | J |
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| Again would your lordship a moment suppose | A |
| 'Tis a case that has happened and may be again | K |
| That the visage or countenance had not a Nose | A |
| Pray who would or who could wear spectacles then | K |
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| On the whole it appears and my argument shows | A |
| With a reasoning the court will never condemn | L |
| That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose | A |
| And the Nose was as plainly intended for them | L |
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| Then shifting his side as a lawyer knows how | M |
| He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes | N |
| But what were his arguments few people know | O |
| For the court did not think they were equally wise | N |
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| So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone | P |
| Decisive and clear without on if or but | Q |
| That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on | R |
| By daylight or candlelight Eyes should be shut | Q |
William Cowper
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