The Modern Patriot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HHHH DBDB IBIB| Rebellion is my theme all day | A |
| I only wish 'twould come | B |
| As who knows but perhaps it may | A |
| A little nearer home | C |
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| Yon roaring boys who rave and fight | D |
| On the other side of the Atlantic | E |
| I always held them in the right | D |
| But most so when most frantic | E |
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| When lawless mobs insult the court | F |
| That man shall be my toast | G |
| If breaking windows be the sport | F |
| Who bravely breaks the most | G |
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| But oh for him my fancy culls | H |
| The choicest flowers she bears | H |
| Who constitutionally pulls | H |
| Your house about your ears | H |
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| Such civil broils are my delight | D |
| Though some folks can't endure 'em | B |
| Who may the mob are mad outright | D |
| And that a rope must cure 'em | B |
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| A rope I wish we patriots had | I |
| Such strings for all who need 'em | B |
| What hang a man for going mad | I |
| Then farewell British freedom | B |
William Cowper
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