The Ballade Of The Mistletoe Bough Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC D BCBC| I am standing under the mistletoe | A |
| And I smile but no answering smile replies | B |
| For her haughty glance bids me plainly know | A |
| That not for me is the thing I prize | B |
| Instead from her coldly scornful eyes | B |
| Indifference looks on my barefaced guile | C |
| She knows of course what my act implies | B |
| But look at those lips Do they hint a smile | C |
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| I stand here eager and beam and glow | A |
| And she only looks a refined surprise | B |
| As clear and crisp and as cold as snow | A |
| And as Stop I will never criticise | B |
| I know what her cold glance signifies | B |
| But I'll stand just here as I am awhile | C |
| Till a smile to my pleading look replies | B |
| But look at those lips Do they hint a smile | C |
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| Just look at those lips now I claim they show | A |
| A spirit unmeet under Christmas skies | B |
| I claim that such lips on such maidens owe | A |
| A something the custom justifies | B |
| I claim that the mistletoe rule applies | B |
| To her as well as the rank and file | C |
| We should meet these things in a cheerful guise | B |
| But look at those lips Do they hint a smile | C |
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| ENVOY | D |
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| These customs of Christmas may shock the wise | B |
| And mistletoe boughs may be out of style | C |
| And a kiss be a thing that all maids despise | B |
| But look at those lips do They hint a smile | C |
Ellis Parker Butler
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