After A Proposal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQPQ| IS IT so sudden Then did you believe dear | A |
| Those evenings I called at your flat | B |
| And lovingly longingly gazed in your eyes | C |
| That I merely had come for a chat | B |
| Did it strike you the times that I lingered till twelve | D |
| And hated to leave you alone | E |
| I was doing that merely to fill up my time | F |
| Because I 'd no home of my own | E |
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| So sudden you say Yet for years I have stood | G |
| On your doorstep each evening at eight | H |
| Did you think I had come for a chat with your ma | I |
| Or a word with your maiden aunt Kate | H |
| Did you think when I sighed as I fondled your hand | J |
| 'T was dyspepsia that troubled me then | K |
| Or that the cigars I bestowed on your dad | L |
| Were smokes I would give to all men | K |
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| O the tickets for shows I have purchased for you | M |
| The automobiles I have hired | N |
| The lockets and bracelets and purses and things | O |
| All gifts that I knew you desired | N |
| That I tenderly laid at your feet as a shrine | P |
| Though each cost me a half a week's pay | Q |
| I thought that my actions betrayed my design | P |
| And yet 'It's so sudden ' you say | Q |
Edgar Albert Guest
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