London Types: Sandwich-man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACACDEDEFF| An ill March noon the flagstones gray with dust | A |
| An all round east wind volleying straws and grit | B |
| St Martin's Steps where every venomous gust | A |
| Lingers to buffet or sneap the passing cit | A |
| And in the gutter squelching a rotten boot | A |
| Draped in a wrap that modish ten year syne | C |
| Partners obscene with sweat and grease and soot | A |
| A horrible hat that once was just as fine | C |
| The drunkard's mouth a wash for something drinkable | D |
| The drunkard's eye alert for causal toppers | E |
| The drunkard's neck stooped to a lot scarce thinkable | D |
| A living crawling blazoning of Hot Coppers | E |
| He trails his mildews towards a Kingdom Come | F |
| Compact of sausage and mash and two o'rum | F |
William Ernest Henley
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