The Bull-fight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GFHI JFKILI MNFMO III PQORFIII FSLB| Eleven o'clock | A |
| Here are our cups of chocolate | B |
| Montez will fight the bulls to day | C |
| All Madrid knows that | D |
| Queen Christina is going in state | E |
| Dolores will go with her little fan | F |
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| Lace up my shoe | G |
| Put on my Basquina | F |
| Can you see my black eyes | H |
| I am Manuel's duchess | I |
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| In front of the box of the Queen and the Duke | J |
| Dolores sits flirting her fan | F |
| The church of St Agnes stands on the right | K |
| And its shadow falls on the picadors | I |
| On their lean steeds they prance in the ring | L |
| Hidalgo fashion their hands on their hips | I |
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| Ha Toro Toro | M |
| Hoh the horses are gored | N |
| Now for the men | F |
| Ha Toro Toro | M |
| Every man over the barrier | O |
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| Not so for there the bull fighter stands | I |
| Some little applause from the royal box | I |
| And Montez Montez from a thousand throats | I |
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| The bull bows fine though snorting with rage | P |
| His fore leg makes little holes in the ground | Q |
| But Montez stands still his ribbons don't flutter | O |
| Saints what a leap | R |
| His rosette is on the bull's black horn | F |
| Montez is pale but his great eye shines | I |
| When Dolores cries Kisses for Montez | I |
| Fie Manuel's duchess | I |
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| A minute longer the fight is done | F |
| The mule bells tinkle the bull rides off | S |
| Montez twirls a new diamond ring | L |
| And Dolores goes home for chocolate | B |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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