Pasha Bailey Ben Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C DDEE F GGHH I JJKK L MMAA N DDOO C PPQQ R OOSS R AASS T UUVV W WXYY F YYZZ A2 ZZB2A2 R YYVV C2 C2C2DD R D2D2E2E2 F2 G2G2UU H2 I2I2J2J2 I2 K2K2L2L2 R H2H2VV R M2M2E2E2A proud Pasha was BAILEY BEN | A |
His wives were three his tails were ten | A |
His form was dignified but stout | B |
Men called him Little Roundabout | B |
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HIS IMPORTANCE | C |
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Pale Pilgrims came from o'er the sea | D |
To wait on PASHA BAILEY B | D |
All bearing presents in a crowd | E |
For B was poor as well as proud | E |
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HIS PRESENTS | F |
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They brought him onions strung on ropes | G |
And cold boiled beef and telescopes | G |
And balls of string and shrimps and guns | H |
And chops and tacks and hats and buns | H |
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MORE OF THEM | I |
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They brought him white kid gloves and pails | J |
And candlesticks and potted quails | J |
And capstan bars and scales and weights | K |
And ornaments for empty grates | K |
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WHY I MENTION THESE | L |
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My tale is not of these oh no | M |
I only mention them to show | M |
The divers gifts that divers men | A |
Brought o'er the sea to BAILEY BEN | A |
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HIS CONFIDANT | N |
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A confidant had BAILEY B | D |
A gay Mongolian dog was he | D |
I am not good at Turkish names | O |
And so I call him SIMPLE JAMES | O |
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HIS CONFIDANT'S COUNTENANCE | C |
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A dreadful legend you might trace | P |
In SIMPLE JAMES'S honest face | P |
For there you read in Nature's print | Q |
A Scoundrel of the Deepest Tint | Q |
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HIS CHARACTER | R |
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A deed of blood or fire or flames | O |
Was meat and drink to SIMPLE JAMES | O |
To hide his guilt he did not plan | S |
But owned himself a bad young man | S |
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THE AUTHOR TO HIS READER | R |
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And why on earth good BAILEY BEN | A |
The wisest noblest best of men | A |
Made SIMPLE JAMES his right hand man | S |
Is quite beyond my mental span | S |
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THE SAME CONTINUED | T |
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But there enough of gruesome deeds | U |
My heart in thinking of them bleeds | U |
And so let SIMPLE JAMES take wing | V |
'Tis not of him I'm going to sing | V |
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THE PASHA'S CLERK | W |
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Good PASHA BAILEY kept a clerk | W |
For BAILEY only made his mark | X |
His name was MATTHEW WYCOMBE COO | Y |
A man of nearly forty two | Y |
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HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS | F |
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No person that I ever knew | Y |
Could yodel half as well as COO | Y |
And Highlanders exclaimed Eh weel | Z |
When COO began to dance a reel | Z |
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HIS KINDNESS TO THE PASHA'S WIVES | A2 |
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He used to dance and sing and play | Z |
In such an unaffected way | Z |
He cheered the unexciting lives | B2 |
Of PASHA BAILEY'S lovely wives | A2 |
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THE AUTHOR TO HIS READER | R |
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But why should I encumber you | Y |
With histories of MATTHEW COO | Y |
Let MATTHEW COO at once take wing | V |
'Tis not of COO I'm going to sing | V |
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THE AUTHOR'S MUSE | C2 |
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Let me recall my wandering Muse | C2 |
She SHALL be steady if I choose | C2 |
She roves instead of helping me | D |
To tell the deeds of BAILEY B | D |
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THE PASHA'S VISITOR | R |
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One morning knocked at half past eight | D2 |
A tall Red Indian at his gate | D2 |
In Turkey as you're p'raps aware | E2 |
Red Indians are extremely rare | E2 |
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THE VISITOR'S OUTFIT | F2 |
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Mocassins decked his graceful legs | G2 |
His eyes were black and round as eggs | G2 |
And on his neck instead of beads | U |
Hung several Catawampous seeds | U |
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WHAT THE VISITOR SAID | H2 |
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Ho ho he said thou pale faced one | I2 |
Poor offspring of an Eastern sun | I2 |
You've NEVER seen the Red Man skip | J2 |
Upon the banks of Mississip | J2 |
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THE AUTHOR'S MODERATION | I2 |
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To say that BAILEY oped his eyes | K2 |
Would feebly paint his great surprise | K2 |
To say it almost made him die | L2 |
Would be to paint it much too high | L2 |
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THE AUTHOR TO HIS READER | R |
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But why should I ransack my head | H2 |
To tell you all that Indian said | H2 |
We'll let the Indian man take wing | V |
'Tis not of him I'm going to sing | V |
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THE READER TO THE AUTHOR | R |
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Come come I say that's quite enough | M2 |
Of this absurd disjointed stuff | M2 |
Now let's get on to that affair | E2 |
About LIEUTENANT COLONEL FLARE | E2 |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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