Pansy: Song-words Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDDEDEAFGFHIJI DEDE KLKLMCNCDEDE| IN a crooked angle | A |
| Of a garden bower | B |
| 'Neath a weedy tangle | A |
| Grew a modest flower | B |
| Unpretending unoffending | C |
| Gifted but with fancy | D |
| Unassuming in his blooming | C |
| Grew that modest pansy | D |
| Ah pansy pansy | D |
| Hope springs anew | E |
| But fancy fancy | D |
| Never comes true | E |
| Comes a maiden bashful | A |
| Wandering here and there | F |
| With her silken sash full | G |
| Of roses rich and rare | F |
| Slow she takes them dewless shakes them | H |
| In her shapely fingers | I |
| While to choose some for her bosom | J |
| Lazily she lingers | I |
| Ah pansy pansy | D |
| Modest in hue | E |
| Sweet fancy fancy | D |
| Never comes true | E |
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| With a lover's anguish | K |
| For her glance he sought | L |
| On her breast to languish | K |
| Was his daring thought | L |
| If he perished by her cherished | M |
| Life was worth the leaving | C |
| But she passes 'midst the grasses | N |
| And she leaves him grieving | C |
| Ah pansy pansy | D |
| Sorrow for you | E |
| But fancy fancy | D |
| Never comes true | E |
Arthur Henry Adams
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