The Secret Combination Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFGHH IBIBAA JAJ AA| Her heart she locked fast in her breast | A |
| Away from molestation | B |
| The lock was warranted the best | A |
| A patent combination | B |
| She knew no simple lock and key | C |
| Would serve to keep out Love and me | C |
| - | |
| But Love a clever cracksman is | D |
| And cannot be resisted | E |
| He likes such stubborn jobs as this | F |
| Complex and hard and twisted | G |
| And though we worked a many day | H |
| At last we bore her heart away | H |
| - | |
| For Love has learned full many tricks | I |
| In his strange avocation | B |
| He knew the figures were but six | I |
| In this her combination | B |
| Nor did we for a minute rest | A |
| Until we had unlocked her breast | A |
| - | |
| First then we turned the knob to Sighs | J |
| Then back to Words Sincerest | A |
| Then Gazing Fondly in Her Eyes | J |
| Then Softly Murmured 'Dearest ' | - |
| Then next A Warm Embrace we tried | A |
| And at A Kiss the door flew wide | A |
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