London Types - Viii. Bluecoat Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| So went our boys when EDWARD SIXTH the King | A |
| Chartered CHRIST'S HOSPITAL and died And so | B |
| Full fifteen generations in a string | A |
| Of heirs to his bequest have had to go | B |
| Thus CAMDEN showed and BARNES and STILLING FLEET | C |
| And RICHARDSON that bade our LOVELACE be | D |
| The little ELIA thus in NEWGATE STREET | C |
| Thus to his GENEVIEVE young S T C | D |
| With thousands else that wandering up and down | E |
| Quaint privileged liked and reputed well | F |
| Made the great School a part of LONDON TOWN | E |
| Patent as PAUL'S and vital as BOW BELL | F |
| The old School nearing exile day by day | G |
| To certain clay lands somewhere HORSHAM way | G |
William Ernest Henley
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