The Trifler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFH IJIJ| Death's the lover that I'd be taking | A |
| Wild and fickle and fierce is he | B |
| Small's his care if my heart be breaking | A |
| Gay young Death would have none of me | B |
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| Hear them clack of my haste to greet him | C |
| No one other my mouth had kissed | D |
| I had dressed me in silk to meet him | C |
| False young Death would not hold the tryst | D |
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| Slow's the blood that was quick and stormy | B |
| Smooth and cold is the bridal bed | E |
| I must wait till he whistles for me | B |
| Proud young Death would not turn his head | E |
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| I must wait till my breast is wilted | F |
| I must wait till my back is bowed | G |
| I must rock in the corner jilted | F |
| Death went galloping down the road | H |
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| Gone's my heart with a trifling rover | I |
| Fine he was in the game he played | J |
| Kissed and promised and threw me over | I |
| And rode away with a prettier maid | J |
Dorothy Parker
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