The Woman Of Charm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDEFEFGFAFHHHHIIHH JJ A| I hate a woman who is not a mystery to herself as well as to | A |
| me The Phoenix | B |
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| If you want a receipt for that popular mystery | C |
| Known to the world as a Woman of Charm | D |
| Take all the conspicuous ladies of history | C |
| Mix them all up without doing them harm | D |
| The beauty of Helen the warmth of Cleopatra | E |
| Salome's notorious skill in the dance | F |
| The dusky allure of the belles of Sumatra | E |
| The fashion and finish of ladies from France | F |
| The youth of Susanna beloved by an elder | G |
| The wit of a Chambers' incomparable minx | F |
| The conjugal views of the patient Griselda | A |
| The fire of Sappho the calm of the Sphinx | F |
| The eyes of La Valli re the voice of Cordelia | H |
| The musical gifts of the sainted Cecelia | H |
| Trilby and Carmen and Ruth and Ophelia | H |
| Madame de Sta l and the matron Cornelia | H |
| Iseult Hypatia and naughty Nell Gwynn | I |
| Una Titania and Elinor Glyn | I |
| Take of these elements all that is fusible | H |
| Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible | H |
| Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum | J |
| And a Woman of Charm is the residuum | J |
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| Slightly adapted from W S Gilbert | A |
Alice Duer Miller
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