A Motor Courtship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA AA AA AA AA BB AA AA BB AA CC DD AA BB EE CC DD| Into her presence he gaily pranced | A |
| A very fat spark and a bit advanced | A |
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| With a Samson tread on the earth he trod | A |
| He was stayed and gaitered and fifty odd | A |
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| And she was a tulip just unfurled | A |
| The sweetest thing in the motor world | A |
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| Her body was one of which poets dreamed | A |
| Eighteen twenty or so she seemed | A |
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| Her air was haughty her spirit proud | A |
| But properly governed as all allowed | A |
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| Pity he said my sad condition | B |
| My heart's in a state of advanced ignition | B |
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| Ask me to do some desperate deed | A |
| And I'll do it at once at my topmost speed | A |
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| Sir said the maiden pray be seated | A |
| I fear from your bearing you're somewhat heated | A |
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| And I trust that a timely lubrication | B |
| Of throttle will cool your circulation | B |
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| As a well made mixture she indicated | A |
| With joy and gladness he radiated | A |
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| Oh come said he in this soft spring weather | C |
| Let us run over the world together | C |
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| But she slipped his clutch with a gesture mocking | D |
| Your heart she said I can hear it knocking | D |
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| You haven't the gear at my pace to last | A |
| Both men and motors I like them fast | A |
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| And I think that in me you have missed your mission | B |
| You are only an old style tube ignition | B |
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| With a sidelong motion he left the place | E |
| For weal or woe he was off his base | E |
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| He drove his car to the cliffs of Dover | C |
| Made one short circuit and ran her over | C |
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| And the stormy Petrol her rest is taking | D |
| Where only the wild waves do the brakeing | D |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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