A Certain Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEF GCGCHCHCIFIF| Oh I can smile for you and tilt my head | A |
| And drink your rushing words with eager lips | B |
| And paint my mouth for you a fragrant red | A |
| And trace your brows with tutored finger tips | B |
| When you rehearse your list of loves to me | C |
| Oh I can laugh and marvel rapturous eyed | D |
| And you laugh back nor can you ever see | C |
| The thousand little deaths my heart has died | D |
| And you believe so well I know my part | E |
| That I am gay as morning light as snow | F |
| And all the straining things within my heart | E |
| You'll never know | F |
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| Oh I can laugh and listen when we meet | G |
| And you bring tales of fresh adventurings | C |
| Of ladies delicately indiscreet | G |
| Of lingering hands and gently whispered things | C |
| And you are pleased with me and strive anew | H |
| To sing me sagas of your late delights | C |
| Thus do you want me marveling gay and true | H |
| Nor do you see my staring eyes of nights | C |
| And when in search of novelty you stray | I |
| Oh I can kiss you blithely as you go | F |
| And what goes on my love while you're away | I |
| You'll never know | F |
Dorothy Parker
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