A Simile Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHIIJJKK LMNNOOFF| What village but has sometimes seen | A |
| The clumsy shape the frightful mien | A |
| Tremendous claws and shagged hair | B |
| Of that grim brute yclept a bear | B |
| He from his dam the learn'd agree | C |
| Received the curious form you see | C |
| Who with her plastic tongue alone | D |
| Produced a visage like her own | D |
| And thus they hint in mystic fashion | E |
| The powerful force of education | E |
| Perhaps yon crowd of swains is viewing | F |
| Even now the strange exploits of Bruin | G |
| Who plays his antics roars aloud | H |
| The wonder of a gaping crowd | H |
| So have I known an awkward lad | I |
| Whose birth has made a parish glad | I |
| Forbid for fear of sense to roam | J |
| And taught by kind mamma at home | J |
| Who gives him many a well tried rule | K |
| With ways and means to play the fool | K |
| In sense the same in stature higher | L |
| He shines ere long a rural squire | M |
| Pours forth unwitty jokes and swears | N |
| And bawls and drinks but chiefly stares | N |
| His tenants of superior sense | O |
| Carouse and laugh at his expense | O |
| And deem the pastime I'm relating | F |
| To be as pleasant as bear baiting | F |
William Shenstone
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