The Giddy Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEEFF GHGHIIJJKKFF LMLMNNOOHHPFFA giddy young maiden with nimble feet | A |
Heigh ho alack and alas | B |
Declared she would far rather dance than eat | A |
And the truth of it came to pass | B |
For she danced all day and she danced all night | C |
She danced till the green earth faded white | C |
She danced ten partners out of breath | D |
She danced the eleventh one quite to death | D |
And still she redowaed up and down | E |
The giddiest girl in town | E |
With one two three one two three one two three kick | F |
Chass e back chass e back whirl around quick | F |
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The name of this damsel ended with E | G |
Heigh ho alack and a day | H |
And she was as fair as a maiden need be | G |
Till she danced her beauty away | H |
She danced her big toes out of joint | I |
She danced her other toes all to a point | I |
She danced out slipper and boot and shoe | J |
She danced till the bones of her feet came through | J |
And still she redowaed waltzed and whirled | K |
The giddiest girl in the world | K |
With one two three one two three one two three kick | F |
Chass e back chass e back whirl around quick | F |
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Now the end of my story is sad to relate | L |
Heigh ho and away we go | M |
For this beautiful maiden's final fate | L |
Is shrouded in gloom and woe | M |
She danced herself into a patent top | N |
She whirled and whirled till she could not stop | N |
She danced and bounded and sprang so far | O |
That she stuck at last on a pointed star | O |
And there she must dance till the Judgment Day | H |
And after it too for she danced away | H |
Her soul you see so she has no place anywhere out of space | P |
With her one two three one two three one two three kick | F |
Chass e back chass e back whirl about quick | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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