Lord Nevil's Advice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CBBC DEED FBBF GHHG IBBI JBBJ KLLKJBBJ MN NM JBBF BOOB PQQR SBBS BBBB BTTB UBBU VIIV WXXW YBBY| Friend quoth Lord Nevil thou art young | A |
| To face the world and thou art blind | B |
| To subtle ways of womankind | B |
| The meshes thou wilt fall among | A |
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| Take an old married man's advice | C |
| Use the experience I have earned | B |
| Watch well where women are concerned | B |
| They're not all birds of paradise | C |
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| Be circumspect or thou mayst fall | D |
| Abjure a blind faith nay trust none | E |
| Till thou hast chosen proven one | E |
| Then trust her truly trust in all | D |
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| Keep a calm brain and quiet eye | F |
| And watch The doll of powder and paint | B |
| The flirt the artificial saint | B |
| The loud man woman pass them by | F |
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| The innocent one who craves thy cares | G |
| To shield her from life's fret and fray | H |
| Lad watch her maybe she'll betray | H |
| Some doubtful knowledge unawares | G |
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| The pensive one who droops and sighs | I |
| Wait till her dreaming comes to test | B |
| Be gentle yet be wary lest | B |
| 'Tis but a graceful grey disguise | I |
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| The world wise husband hunter she | J |
| Who knows no love but love of gold | B |
| And lands and titles empty cold | B |
| Pity her lad and let her be | J |
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| And the rich heiress let her pass | K |
| Belike she's stupid drugged with wealth | L |
| And just enjoys her life and health | L |
| As some fat cow in clover grass | K |
| Or insolent with prosperity | J |
| Unsharpened shallow unrefined | B |
| And thou art poor and thou wilt mind | B |
| That proud blood cometh down to thee | J |
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| The gushing gossip she who rains | M |
| Incessant chatter in thine ears | N |
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| She may be worth thy keenest fears | N |
| She may be simply lacking brains | M |
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| And lacking grace and modesty | J |
| She will make mischief at the best | B |
| She may be wily like the rest | B |
| Keep thy tongue still when she is by | F |
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| They that would master thee if they could | B |
| In brain and muscle flaring lights | O |
| The clamorous for false woman's rights | O |
| Snub them my friend it does them good | B |
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| And do not think of them for wives | P |
| Fit mates for such seem somewhat rare | Q |
| But when two odd ones make a pair | Q |
| They spoil at least four precious lives | R |
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| But shouldst thou chance to meet a girl | S |
| With brave bright eyes that front thee straight | B |
| A kindly tongue that does not prate | B |
| And quiet lips that cannot curl | S |
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| With fine sense quick to understand | B |
| With dignity that is not cold | B |
| Sweet sunny mirth that is not bold | B |
| A ready ear a willing hand | B |
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| One skilled in household arts and skilled | B |
| In little courteous graceful ways | T |
| That make no show and win no praise | T |
| Wherewith discordant jars are stilled | B |
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| One who will never touch a sore | U |
| One who sheds sunshine round about | B |
| And draws life's hidden comfort out | B |
| One whom the boys and babes adore | U |
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| One with an intellect to reach | V |
| The highest range that thou canst rise | I |
| Who will aye help thee woman wise | I |
| And yet not set herself to teach | V |
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| One of whom women love to speak | W |
| In honest kindness and whose name | X |
| Men let alone whose chiefest fame | X |
| Lies hidden where men may not seek | W |
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| Friend woo her as a good knight can | Y |
| And win her Lay thou at her feet | B |
| Faith love and honour true and sweet | B |
| And count thyself a happy man | Y |
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