The Snare Of The Fowler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLKLMM NONOPP| ' Some Cupid kills with arrows some with traps ' | A |
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| I WRITE for those of whom I know a few | B |
| Young pretty and a little bit flirtatious | C |
| Who would do even more harm if they knew | B |
| The science of the Art of being Gracious | C |
| Science in any game we know will tell | D |
| And those who play this ought to play it well | D |
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| First do not doubt that rivals please a man | E |
| Not too successful ones 'tis understood | F |
| They flatter him as nothing you do can | E |
| And give him certainty his taste is good | F |
| And though at times a little in his way | G |
| They make him find the house he haunts more gay | G |
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| Do not abuse the girls he likes 'tis far | H |
| From wise for he will only think you spiteful | I |
| Praise them and show how ludicrous they are | H |
| And ten to one he'll find the joke delightful | I |
| From which I draw this never failing rule | J |
| Love lives through slander but not ridicule | J |
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| Do not appear incredulous of vows | K |
| As is the way of self distrusting youth | L |
| A little doubt civility allows | K |
| But not too long should you impugn their truth | L |
| In short if you would give true satisfaction | M |
| Express belief in words and doubt in action | M |
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| Should the day come when he is not the same | N |
| Do not reproach and treat him like a sinner | O |
| The fault is yours Find out the lady's name | N |
| And be a friend and ask them both to dinner | O |
| And I have heard the game not always ends | P |
| When two old lovers change to two good friends | P |
Alice Duer Miller
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