An Ultimatum To Myrtilla Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG FBFB HIHI BJBJ| Ah Myrtilla mine you said | A |
| And your tone was earnest very | B |
| You would never deck your head | A |
| With this vernal millinery | B |
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| Myrt to mince no words you lied | C |
| Oh that I should live to know it | D |
| You that are my nearly bride | C |
| I that am your nearly poet | E |
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| For I saw the awful lid | F |
| You had on at this morning | G |
| Myrt it was a merrywid | F |
| Spite of my decisive warning | G |
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| Still I can forgive you that | F |
| Though the thing look ne'er so silly | B |
| I will overlook the hat | F |
| If you promise this Myrtillie | B |
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| Wear your lacebelows and fluffs | H |
| Wear the awfullest creations | I |
| But omit the stylish puffs | H |
| And the vogueish transformations | I |
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| Myrt if you inflate your hair | B |
| I shall well excoriate you | J |
| And I positively swear | B |
| Loathe despise detest and hate you | J |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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