After The Engagement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHEHE BIBIHBHB HJHKLMLM HNHNBBBB MOMOPQPQ RERESKBK| Well 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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