A City Plum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD

A city plum is not a plumA
A dumb bell is no bell though dumbA
A party rat is not a ratB
A sailor's cat is not a catB
A soldier's frog is not a frogC
A captain's log is not a logD

Christina Rossetti



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fred putnam: I assume that both "city plum" and "party rat" had specific meanings in Miss Rossetti's day, which I cannot find. Can anyone help?
Thanks!
 

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