Dell And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDEFECE GHGHIJIJCDKJ LMLMNONOCPQO RSRSBKBKCPK| A | |
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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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