The Duke Of Plaza-toro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFFCDGGEFFCD HEHFIDFFEJDGGFFEJD KLKMNDBBBNDGGBBBNDIn enterprise of martial kind | A |
When there was any fighting | B |
He led his regiment from behind | A |
He found it less exciting | B |
But when away his regiment ran | C |
His place was at the fore O | D |
That celebrated | E |
Cultivated | F |
Underrated | F |
Noble man | C |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
In the first and foremost flight ha ha | G |
You always found that knight ha ha | G |
That celebrated | E |
Cultivated | F |
Underrated | F |
Noble man | C |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
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When to evade Destruction's hand | H |
To hide they all proceeded | E |
No soldier in that gallant band | H |
Hid half as well as he did | F |
He lay concealed throughout the war | I |
And so preserved his gore O | D |
That unaffected | F |
Undetected | F |
Well connected | E |
Warrior | J |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
In every doughty deed ha ha | G |
He always took the lead ha ha | G |
That unaffected | F |
Undetected | F |
Well connected | E |
Warrior | J |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
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When told that they would all be shot | K |
Unless they left the service | L |
That hero hesitated not | K |
So marvellous his nerve is | M |
He sent his resignation in | N |
The first of all his corps O | D |
That very knowing | B |
Overflowing | B |
Easy going | B |
Paladin | N |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
To men of grosser clay ha ha | G |
He always showed the way ha ha | G |
That very knowing | B |
Overflowing | B |
Easy going | B |
Paladin | N |
The Duke of Plaza Toro | D |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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