The Betrothal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEAGHG IHJH KLML| Oh come my lad or go my lad | A |
| And love me if you like | B |
| I shall not hear the door shut | C |
| Nor the knocker strike | B |
| Oh bring me gifts or beg me gifts | D |
| And wed me if you will | E |
| I'd make a man a good wife | F |
| Sensible and still | E |
| And why should I be cold my lad | A |
| And why should you repine | G |
| Because I love a dark head | H |
| That never will be mine | G |
| - | |
| I might as well be easing you | I |
| As lie alone in bed | H |
| And waste the night in wanting | J |
| A cruel dark head | H |
| - | |
| You might as well be calling yours | K |
| What never will be his | L |
| And one of us be happy | M |
| There's few enough as is | L |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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