Salome's Dancing-lesson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DEDEFGGE HIHIJJJI| She that begs a little boon | A |
| Heel and toe Heel and toe | B |
| Little gets and nothing soon | A |
| No no no No no no | B |
| She that calls for costly things | C |
| Priceless finds her offerings | C |
| What's impossible to kings | C |
| Heel and toe Heel and toe | B |
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| Kings are shaped as other men | D |
| Step and turn Step and turn | E |
| Ask what none may ask again | D |
| Will you learn Will you learn | E |
| Lovers whine and kisses pall | F |
| Jewels tarnish kingdoms fall | G |
| Death's the rarest prize of all | G |
| Step and turn Step and turn | E |
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| Veils are woven to be dropped | H |
| One two three One two three | I |
| Aging eyes are slowest stopped | H |
| Quietly Quietly | I |
| She whose body's young and cool | J |
| Has no need of dancing school | J |
| Scratch a king and find a fool | J |
| One two three One two three | I |
Dorothy Parker
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