The Disconcerted Tenor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBADEEDFFEEGE HDBBDHIJJJKKEEEE| A tenor all singers above | A |
| This doesn't admit of a question | B |
| Should keep himself quiet | C |
| Attend to his diet | C |
| And carefully nurse his digestion | B |
| But when he is madly in love | A |
| It's certain to tell on his singing | D |
| You can't do chromatics | E |
| With proper emphatics | E |
| When anguish your bosom is wringing | D |
| When distracted with worries in plenty | F |
| And his pulse is a hundred and twenty | F |
| And his fluttering bosom the slave of mistrust is | E |
| A tenor can't do himself justice | E |
| Now observe SINGS A HIGH NOTE | G |
| You see I can't do myself justice | E |
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| I could sing if my fervour were mock | H |
| It's easy enough if you're acting | D |
| But when one's emotion | B |
| Is born of devotion | B |
| You mustn't be over exacting | D |
| One ought to be firm as a rock | H |
| To venture a shake in VIBRATO | I |
| When fervour's expected | J |
| Keep cool and collected | J |
| Or never attempt AGITATO | J |
| But of course when his tongue is of leather | K |
| And his lips appear pasted together | K |
| And his sensitive palate as dry as a crust is | E |
| A tenor can't do himself justice | E |
| Now observe SINGS A CADENCE | E |
| It's no use I can't do myself justice | E |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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