Dell And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDEFECE GHGHIJIJCDKJ LMLMNONOCPQO RSRSBKBKCPKA | |
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In a mansion grand just over the way | B |
Lives bonny beautiful Dell | C |
You may have heard of this lady gay | B |
For she is a famous belle | C |
I live in a low cot opposite | D |
You never have heard of me | E |
For when the lady moon shines bright | F |
Who would a pale star see | E |
But ah well ah well I am happier far than Dell | C |
As strange as that may be | E |
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Dell has robes of the richest kind | G |
Pinks and purples and blues | H |
And she worries her maid and frets her mind | G |
To know which one to choose | H |
Which shall it be now silk or lace | I |
In which will I be most fair | J |
She stands by the mirror with anxious face | I |
And her maid looks on in despair | J |
Ah well ah well I am not worried you see like Dell | C |
For I have but | D |
one | K |
to wear | J |
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Dell has lovers of every grade | L |
Of every age and style | M |
Suitors flutter about the maid | L |
And bask in her word and smile | M |
She keeps them all with a coquette's art | N |
As suits her mood or mirth | O |
And vainly wonders if in one heart | N |
Of all true love has birth | O |
Ah well ah well I never question myself like Dell | C |
For I | P |
know | Q |
a true heart's worth | O |
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Pleasure to Dell seems stale and old | R |
Often she sits and sighs | S |
Life to me is a tale untold | R |
Each day is a glad surprise | S |
Dell with marry of course some day | B |
After her belleship is run | K |
She will cavil the matter in worldly way | B |
And wed Dame Fortune's son | K |
But ah well sweet to tell I shall not dally and choose like Dell | C |
For I love and am loved by | P |
one | K |
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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