My Mistress's Boots Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE CCCCCC GGHIIH JJCKKC CCCLLC CCMNNO CCPQQP| They nearly strike me dumb | A |
| And I tremble when they come | A |
| Pit a pat | B |
| This palpitation means | C |
| These boots are Geraldine's | C |
| Think of that | B |
| - | |
| Oh where did hunter win | D |
| So delectable a skin | D |
| For her feet | E |
| You lucky little kid | F |
| You perished so you did | F |
| For my sweet | E |
| - | |
| The fa ry stitching gleams | C |
| On the sides and in the seams | C |
| And it shows | C |
| The Pixies were the wags | C |
| Who tipt those funny tags | C |
| And these toes | C |
| - | |
| What soles to charm an elf | G |
| Had Crusoe sick of self | G |
| Chanced to view | H |
| One printed near the tide | I |
| Oh how hard he would have tried | I |
| For the two | H |
| - | |
| For Gerry's debonair | J |
| And innocent and fair | J |
| As a rose | C |
| She's an angel in a frock | K |
| With a fascinating cock | K |
| To her nose | C |
| - | |
| The simpletons who squeeze | C |
| Their extremities to please | C |
| Mandarins | C |
| Would positively flinch | L |
| From venturing to pinch | L |
| Geraldine's | C |
| - | |
| Cinderella's lefts and rights | C |
| To Geraldine's were frights | C |
| And I trow | M |
| The damsel deftly shod | N |
| Has dutifully trod | N |
| Until now | O |
| - | |
| Come Gerry since it suits | C |
| Such a pretty Puss in Boots | C |
| These to don | P |
| Set this dainty hand awhile | Q |
| On my shoulder dear and I'll | Q |
| Put them on | P |
Frederick Locker-lampson
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