To Kate. (in Lieu Of A Valentine) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE FGAG AHIH AAJAA AKAK| Sweet Love and I had oft communed | A |
| We were indeed great friends | B |
| And oft I sought his office near | C |
| Where Courtship Alley ends | B |
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| I used to sit with him and smoke | D |
| And talk of your blue eyes | E |
| And argue how I best might act | A |
| To make your heart my prize | E |
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| He always seemed to have much time | F |
| To hear me tell my joy | G |
| So that I came to deem him but | A |
| An idle lazy boy | G |
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| But on St Valentine his day | A |
| I found him hard at work | H |
| As if he had a mighty task | I |
| And did not dare to shirk | H |
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| And o'er his head there hung a card | A |
| That made me haste away | A |
| It bore these words | J |
| Please make it short | A |
| This is my busy day | A |
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| And so Sweet maiden if I send | A |
| No valentine you see | K |
| The reason here Love could not waste | A |
| His precious time on me | K |
Ellis Parker Butler
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