What Is Fancy? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD ABCD AEBF AEBF AGHI AGHA AF AFJK

SISTERA
I am to write three lines and youB
Three others that will rhymeC
There now I've done my taskD
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BROTHERA
Three stupid lines as e'er I knewB
When you've the pen next timeC
Some question of me askD
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SISTERA
Then tell me brother and pray mindE
Brother you tell me trueB
What sort of thing is fancyF
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BROTHERA
By all that I can ever findE
'Tis something that is very newB
And what no dunces can seeF
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SISTERA
That is not half the way to tellG
What fancy is aboutH
So pray now tell me moreI
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BROTHERA
Sister I think 'twere quite as wellG
That you should find it outH
So think the matter o'erA
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SISTERA
It's what comes in our heads when weF
Play at 'Let's make believe '-
And when we play at 'Guessing '-
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BROTHERA
And I have heard it said to beF
A talent often makes us grieveJ
And sometimes proves a blessingK

Charles Lamb



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