King Goodheart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCBDDDAEEEE FFFECCCEAAACAAAC CCCEAAAEEEEAAAAA| There lived a King as I've been told | A |
| In the wonder working days of old | A |
| When hearts were twice as good as gold | A |
| And twenty times as mellow | B |
| Good temper triumphed in his face | C |
| And in his heart he found a place | C |
| For all the erring human race | C |
| And every wretched fellow | B |
| When he had Rhenish wine to drink | D |
| It made him very sad to think | D |
| That some at junket or at jink | D |
| Must be content with toddy | A |
| He wished all men as rich as he | E |
| And he was rich as rich could be | E |
| So to the top of every tree | E |
| Promoted everybody | E |
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| Ambassadors cropped up like hay | F |
| Prime Ministers and such as they | F |
| Grew like asparagus in May | F |
| And Dukes were three a penny | E |
| Lord Chancellors were cheap as sprats | C |
| And Bishops in their shovel hats | C |
| Were plentiful as tabby cats | C |
| If possible too many | E |
| On every side Field Marshals gleamed | A |
| Small beer were Lords Lieutenants deemed | A |
| With Admirals the ocean teemed | A |
| All round his wide dominions | C |
| And Party Leaders you might meet | A |
| In twos and threes in every street | A |
| Maintaining with no little heat | A |
| Their various opinions | C |
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| That King although no one denies | C |
| His heart was of abnormal size | C |
| Yet he'd have acted otherwise | C |
| If he had been acuter | E |
| The end is easily foretold | A |
| When every blessed thing you hold | A |
| Is made of silver or of gold | A |
| You long for simple pewter | E |
| When you have nothing else to wear | E |
| But cloth of gold and satins rare | E |
| For cloth of gold you cease to care | E |
| Up goes the price of shoddy | A |
| In short whoever you may be | A |
| To this conclusion you'll agree | A |
| When every one is somebody | A |
| Then no one's anybody | A |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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