The Duke Of Plaza-toro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFFCDGGEFFCD HEHFIDFFEJDGGFFEJD KLKMNDBBBNDGGBBBND| In 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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