Negligent Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF CACA HIHI JCJC| AH Mary what do you for dolly not care | A |
| And why is she left on the floor | B |
| Forsaken and cover'd with dust I declare | A |
| With you I must trust her no more | B |
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| I thought you were pleased as you took her so gladly | C |
| When on your birthday she was sent | D |
| Did I ever suppose you would use her so sadly | C |
| Was that do you think what I meant | D |
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| With her bonnet of straw you once were delighted | E |
| And trimm'd it so pretty with pink | F |
| But now it is crumpled and dolly is slighted | G |
| Her nurse quite forgets her I think | F |
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| Suppose now for Mary is dolly to me | C |
| Whom I love to see tidy and fair | A |
| Suppose I should leave you as dolly I see | C |
| In tatters and comfortless there | A |
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| But dolly feels nothing as you do my dear | H |
| Nor cares for her negligent nurse | I |
| If I were as careless as you are I fear | H |
| Your lot and my fault would be worse | I |
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| And therefore it is in my Mary I strive | J |
| To check every fault that I see | C |
| Mary's doll is but waxen mamma's is alive | J |
| And of far more importance than she | C |
Ann Taylor
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