Lines To Our New Censor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DBDB BEBE FGFG HBHB| Mr Oscar Wilde having discovered that England is unworthy of him has announced his resolve to become a naturalised Frenchman | A |
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| And wilt thou Oscar from us flee | B |
| And must we henceforth wholly sever | C |
| Shall thy laborious jeux d'esprit | B |
| Sadden our lives no more for ever | C |
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| And all thy future wilt thou link | D |
| With that brave land to which thou goest | B |
| Unhappy France we used to think | D |
| She touched at Sedan fortune's lowest | B |
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| And you're made French as easily | B |
| As you might change the clothes you're wearing | E |
| Fancy and 'tis so hard to be | B |
| A man of sense and modest bearing | E |
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| May fortitude beneath this blow | F |
| Fail not the gallant Gallic nation | G |
| By past experience well we know | F |
| Her genius for recuperation | G |
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| And as for us to our disgrace | H |
| Your stricture's truth must be conceded | B |
| Would any but a stupid race | H |
| Have made the fuss about you we did | B |
William Watson
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