Braggart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG HIHI| The days will rally wreathing | A |
| Their crazy tarantelle | B |
| And you must go on breathing | A |
| But I'll be safe in hell | B |
| - | |
| Like January weather | C |
| The years will bite and smart | D |
| And pull your bones together | C |
| To wrap your chattering heart | D |
| - | |
| The pretty stuff you're made of | E |
| Will crack and crease and dry | F |
| The thing you are afraid of | E |
| Will look from every eye | F |
| - | |
| You will go faltering after | C |
| The bright imperious line | G |
| And split your throat on laughter | C |
| And burn your eyes with brine | G |
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| You will be frail and musty | H |
| With peering furtive head | I |
| Whilst I am young and lusty | H |
| Among the roaring dead | I |
Dorothy Parker
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