Sleep On! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEF EGEGEHEHEFEF| Fear no unlicensed entry | A |
| Heed no bombastic talk | B |
| While guards the British Sentry | A |
| Pall Mall and Birdcage Walk | B |
| Let European thunders | C |
| Occasion no alarms | D |
| Though diplomatic blunders | C |
| May cause a cry To arms | D |
| Sleep on ye pale civilians | E |
| All thunder clouds defy | F |
| On Europe's countless millions | E |
| The Sentry keeps his eye | F |
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| Should foreign born rapscallions | E |
| In London dare to show | G |
| Their overgrown battalions | E |
| Be sure I'll let you know | G |
| Should Russians or Norwegians | E |
| Pollute our favoured clime | H |
| With rough barbaric legions | E |
| I'll mention it in time | H |
| So sleep in peace civilians | E |
| The Continent defy | F |
| While on its countless millions | E |
| The Sentry keeps his eye | F |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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