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