To Vera, Who Asked A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDDDDC EEFFGHDDDG| IF I only had time | A |
| I could make you a rhyme | A |
| But my time is kept flying | B |
| By smiling and sighing | B |
| And living and dying for you | C |
| The song seed I sow it | D |
| I water and hoe it | D |
| But never can grow it | D |
| Ah traitress you know it | D |
| What is a poor poet to do | C |
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| Ah let me take breath | E |
| I am harried to death | E |
| By the loves and the graces | F |
| That crowd where your face is | F |
| That lurk in your laces and throng | G |
| Call them off for a minute | H |
| Once let me begin it | D |
| The devil is in it | D |
| If I can not spin it | D |
| As sweet as a linnet your song | G |
Edith Nesbit
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