After The Engagement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHEHE BIBIHBHB HJHKLMLM HNHNBBBB MOMOPQPQ RERESKBKWell Mabel 'tis over and ended | A |
The ball I wrote was to be | B |
And oh it was perfectly splendid | A |
If you could have been here to see | B |
I've a thousand things to write you | C |
That I know you are wanting to hear | D |
And one that is sure to delight you | C |
I am wearing Joe's diamond my dear | E |
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Yes mamma is quite ecstatic | F |
That I am engaged to Joe | G |
She thinks I am rather erratic | F |
And feared that I might say no | G |
But Mabel I'm twenty seven | H |
Though nobody dreams it dear | E |
And a fortune like Joe's isn't given | H |
To lay at one's feet each year | E |
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You know my old fancy for Harry | B |
Or at least I am certain you guessed | I |
That it took all my sense not to marry | B |
And go with that fellow out west | I |
But that was my very first season | H |
And Harry was poor as could be | B |
And mamma's good practical reason | H |
Took all the romance out of me | B |
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She whisked me off over the ocean | H |
And had me presented at court | J |
And got me all out of the notion | H |
That ranch life out west was my forte | K |
Of course I have never repented | L |
I'm not such a goose of a thing | M |
But after I had consented | L |
To Joe and he gave me the ring | M |
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I felt such a queer sensation | H |
I seemed to go into a trance | N |
Away from the music's pulsation | H |
Away from the lights and the dance | N |
And the wind o'er the wild prairie | B |
Seemed blowing strong and free | B |
And it seemed not Joe but Harry | B |
Who was standing there close to me | B |
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And the funniest feverish feeling | M |
Went up from my feet to my head | O |
With little chills after it stealing | M |
And my hands got as numb as the dead | O |
A moment and then it was over | P |
The diamond blazed up in my eyes | Q |
And I saw in the face of my lover | P |
A questioning strange surprise | Q |
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Maybe 'twas the scent of the flowers | R |
That heavy with fragrance bloomed near | E |
But I didn't feel natural for hours | R |
It was odd now wasn't it dear | E |
Write soon to your fortunate Clara | S |
Who has carried the prize away | K |
And say you'll come on when I marry | B |
I think it will happen in May | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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