The King Of Brentford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE EEEE EEFF EEEE GGCC| There was a king in Brentford of whom no legends tell | A |
| But who without his glory could eat and sleep right well | A |
| His Polly's cotton nightcap it was his crown of state | B |
| He slept of evenings early and rose of mornings late | B |
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| All in a fine mud palace each day he took four meals | C |
| And for a guard of honor a dog ran at his heels | C |
| Sometimes to view his kingdoms rode forth this monarch good | D |
| And then a prancing jackass he royally bestrode | E |
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| There were no costly habits with which this king was curst | E |
| Except and where's the harm on't a somewhat lively thirst | E |
| But people must pay taxes and kings must have their sport | E |
| So out of every gallon His Grace he took a quart | E |
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| He pleased the ladies round him with manners soft and bland | E |
| With reason good they named him the father of his land | E |
| Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show | F |
| Their enemies were targets their bullets they were tow | F |
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| He vexed no quiet neighbor no useless conquest made | E |
| But by the laws of pleasure his peaceful realm he swayed | E |
| And in the years he reigned through all this country wide | E |
| There was no cause for weeping save when the good man died | E |
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| The faithful men of Brentford do still their king deplore | G |
| His portrait yet is swinging beside an alehouse door | G |
| And topers tender hearted regard his honest phiz | C |
| And envy times departed that knew a reign like his | C |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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