Rotarians
Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 (Kensington, London) – 1936 (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)
The Symbol
The speaking at the Rotary is Praise devoid of Proof
The talking at the Rotary turns mostly on the oof
But both require an Emblem; and a Wheel is just the thing
When you argue in a circle and do business in a Ring.
At a Rotarian Lunch
Broken on another wheel than Rotary
St. Catherine's body set her spirit free
Here rests the body that the soul may squirm
In all joints broken to a jointless worm.
A Declaration of Dependence
The Jeffersonian justice which
Degenerate hucksters quote
Republicans have had by right
Rotarians by rote
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XAABB XCCDD XXEXE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 617 |
| Words | 101 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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