The Duet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCC DEDDEAA EAEEAAA FEFFEAA EAEEAGG ABAABHH| I was smoking a cigarette | A |
| Maud my wife and the tenor McKey | B |
| Were singing together a blithe duet | A |
| And days it were better I should forget | A |
| Came suddenly back to me | B |
| Days when life seemed a gay masque ball | C |
| And to love and be loved as the sum of it all | C |
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| As they sang together the whole scene fled | D |
| The room s rich hangings the sweet home air | E |
| Stately Maud with her proud blonde head | D |
| And I seemed to see in her place instead | D |
| A wealth of blue black hair | E |
| And a face ah your face yours Lisette | A |
| A face it were wiser I should forget | A |
| - | |
| We were back well no matter when or where | E |
| But you remember I know Lisette | A |
| I saw you dainty and debonnaire | E |
| With the very same look you used to wear | E |
| In the days I should forget | A |
| And your lips as red as the vintage we quaffed | A |
| Were pearl edged bumpers of wine when you laughed | A |
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| Two small slippers with big rosettes | F |
| Peeped out under your kilt skirt there | E |
| While we sat smoking our cigarettes | F |
| Oh I shall be dust when my heart forgets | F |
| And singing that selfsame air | E |
| And between the verses for interlude | A |
| I kissed your throat and your shoulders nude | A |
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| You were so full of a subtle fire | E |
| You were so warm and so sweet Lisette | A |
| You were everything men admire | E |
| And there were no fetters to make us tire | E |
| For you were a pretty grisette | A |
| But you loved as only such natures can | G |
| With a love that makes heaven of hell for a man | G |
| - | |
| They have ceased singing that old duet | A |
| Stately Maud and the tenor McKey | B |
| You are burning your coat with your cigarette | A |
| And qu avez vous dearest your lids are wet | A |
| Maud says as she leans o er me | B |
| And I smile and lie to her husband wise | H |
| Oh it is nothing but smoke in my eyes | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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