Jane And Eliza Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF AAGG HHII FFEE GGAA| There were two little girls neither handsome nor plain | A |
| One's name was Eliza the other's was Jane | A |
| They were both of one height as I've heard people say | B |
| They were both of one age I believe to a day | B |
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| 'Twas fancied by some who but slightly had seen them | C |
| That scarcely a difference was there between them | C |
| But no one for long in this notion persisted | D |
| So great a distinction there really existed | D |
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| Eliza knew well that she could not be pleasing | E |
| While fretting and fuming while sulky or teasing | E |
| And therefore in company artfully tried | F |
| Not to break her bad habits but only to hide | F |
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| So when she was out with much labour and pain | A |
| She contrived to look almost a pleasant as Jane | A |
| But then you might see that in forcing a smile | G |
| Her mouth was uneasy and ached all the while | G |
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| And in spite of her care it would sometimes befall | H |
| That some cross event happen'd to ruin it all | H |
| And because it might chance that her share was the worst | I |
| Her temper broke loose and her dimples dispersed | I |
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| But Jane who had nothing she wanted to hide | F |
| And therefore these troublesome arts never tried | F |
| Had none of the care and fatigue of concealing | E |
| But her face always show'd what her bosom was feeling | E |
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| At home or abroad there was peace in her smile | G |
| A cheerful good nature that needed no guile | G |
| And Eliza work'd hard but could never obtain | A |
| The affection that freely was given to Jane | A |
Ann Taylor
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