A Credo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCCDDEFFG A HHIJJKKLFFG A EMNNNBBOFFG| I | A |
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| For the sole edification | B |
| Of this decent congregation | B |
| Goodly people by your grant | C |
| I will sing a holy chant | C |
| I will sing a holy chant | C |
| If the ditty sound but oddly | D |
| 'Twas a father wise and godly | D |
| Sang it so long ago | E |
| Then sing as Martin Luther sang | F |
| As Doctor Martin Luther sang | F |
| 'Who loves not wine woman and song | G |
| He is a fool his whole life long ' | - |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| He by custom patriarchal | H |
| Loved to see the beaker sparkle | H |
| And he thought the wine improved | I |
| Tasted by the lips he loved | J |
| By the kindly lips he loved | J |
| Friends I wish this custom pious | K |
| Duly were observed by us | K |
| To combine love song wine | L |
| And sing as Martin Luther sang | F |
| As Doctor Martin Luther sang | F |
| 'Who loves not wine woman and song | G |
| He is a fool his whole life long ' | - |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Who refuses this our Credo | E |
| And who will not sing as we do | M |
| Were he holy as John Knox | N |
| I'd pronounce him heterodox | N |
| I'd pronounce him heterodox | N |
| And from out this congregation | B |
| With a solemn commination | B |
| Banish quick the heretic | O |
| Who will not sing as Luther sang | F |
| As Doctor Martin Luther sang | F |
| 'Who loves not wine woman and song | G |
| He is a fool his whole life long ' | - |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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