A Fairly Sad Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEFGGHHIJKLCCMM NNOO| I think that I shall never know | A |
| Why I am thus and I am so | A |
| Around me other girls inspire | B |
| In men the rush and roar of fire | C |
| The sweet transparency of glass | D |
| The tenderness of April grass | D |
| The durability of granite | E |
| But me I don't know how to plan it | F |
| The lads I've met in Cupid's deadlock | G |
| Were shall we say born out of wedlock | G |
| They broke my heart they stilled my song | H |
| And said they had to run along | H |
| Explaining so to sop my tears | I |
| First came their parents or careers | J |
| But ever does experience | K |
| Deny me wisdom calm and sense | L |
| Though she's a fool who seeks to capture | C |
| The twenty first fine careless rapture | C |
| I must go on till ends my rope | M |
| Who from my birth was cursed with hope | M |
| A heart in half is chaste archaic | N |
| But mine resembles a mosaic | N |
| The thing's become ridiculous | O |
| Why am I so Why am I thus | O |
Dorothy Parker
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