Commanders Of The Faithful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACC DDEEDD FFCCGG| The Pope he is a happy man | A |
| His Palace is the Vatican | B |
| And there he sits and drains his can | A |
| The Pope he is a happy man | A |
| I often say when I'm at home | C |
| I'd like to be the Pope of Rome | C |
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| And then there's Sultan Saladin | D |
| That Turkish Soldan full of sin | D |
| He has a hundred wives at least | E |
| By which his pleasure is increased | E |
| I've often wished I hope no sin | D |
| That I were Sultan Saladin | D |
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| But no the Pope no wife may choose | F |
| And so I would not wear his shoes | F |
| No wine may drink the proud Paynim | C |
| And so I'd rather not be him | C |
| My wife my wine I love I hope | G |
| And would be neither Turk nor Pope | G |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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