The Foreign Land Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH| A woman is a foreign land | A |
| Of which though there he settle young | B |
| A man will ne'er quite understand | A |
| The customs politics and tongue | B |
| The foolish hie them post haste through | C |
| See fashions odd and prospects fair | D |
| Learn of the language How d'ye do | C |
| And go and brag they have been there | D |
| The most for leave to trade apply | E |
| For once at Empire's seat her heart | F |
| Then get what knowledge ear and eye | E |
| Glean chancewise in the life long mart | F |
| And certain others few and fit | G |
| Attach them to the Court and see | H |
| The Country's best its accent hit | G |
| And partly sound its polity | H |
Coventry Patmore
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