Lines On H---'s Foot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGGHHII JJKKLLMM NNOOKKOPED QQEDR OS TTUVWWXXIYDE| It may be you've seen her eyes | A |
| Dark and deep like midnight skies | A |
| You mayhap have seen them flash | B |
| Underneath the drooping lash | B |
| And been dazzled by the light | C |
| Of those orbs so dark and bright | C |
| But have you seen her foot | D |
| In its little gaiter boot | E |
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| You have noticed maybe how | F |
| The lily spreads from chin to brow | F |
| You have thought her cheek more fair | G |
| Than if roses lingered there | G |
| Roses would seem out of place | H |
| On her pale patrician face | H |
| But again I question you | I |
| Have you seen her tiny shoe | I |
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| You have thought her mouth no doubt | J |
| Like a blush rose half blown out | J |
| Small and sweet withal beside | K |
| Touched with scorn and curved with pride | K |
| Innate pride not meant to chill | L |
| You have seen it there and still | L |
| Answer one more question pray | M |
| Have you seen her boot I say | M |
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| Such a tiny tiny thing | N |
| Is that foot of which I sing | N |
| No would hide it so | O |
| It could not be found I know | O |
| No must stand aside | K |
| All too long and large and wide | K |
| No | O |
| must | P |
| be the boot | E |
| For this maiden's little foot | D |
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| You may envy sir the clerk | Q |
| In the shoe store hard at work | Q |
| Who tries the gaiter boot | E |
| On this cunning little foot | D |
| On his knee supporting it | R |
| Saying 'It's a perfect fit ' | - |
| Buttoning on the No | O |
| Looking sorry when it's done | S |
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| You have seen her slight and neat | T |
| As she tripped along the street | T |
| You have | U |
| heard | V |
| the pit pat fall | W |
| Of that foot so very small | W |
| That she's fair and pure and good | X |
| Bright and sweet is understood | X |
| But have you | I |
| seen | Y |
| that foot | D |
| In its dainty gaiter boot | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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