On A Certain Lady At Court Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CCC| I know a thing that's most uncommon | A |
| Envy be silent and attend | B |
| I know a reasonable woman | A |
| Handsome and witty yet a friend | B |
| - | |
| Not warp'd by passion awed by rumour | C |
| Not grave through pride nor gay through folly | D |
| An equal mixture of good humour | C |
| And sensible soft melancholy | D |
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| 'Has she no faults then Envy says Sir ' | - |
| Yes she has one I must aver | C |
| When all the world conspires to praise her | C |
| The woman's deaf and does not hear | C |
Alexander Pope
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