And If I Did, What Then? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LMLM NKN| 'And if I did what then | A |
| Are you aggriev'd therefore | B |
| The sea hath fish for every man | C |
| And what would you have more ' | D |
| - | |
| Thus did my mistress once | E |
| Amaze my mind with doubt | F |
| And popp'd a question for the nonce | G |
| To beat my brains about | F |
| - | |
| Whereto I thus replied | H |
| 'Each fisherman can wish | I |
| That all the seas at every tide | H |
| Were his alone to fish | I |
| - | |
| 'And so did I in vain | J |
| But since it may not be | K |
| Let such fish there as find the gain | J |
| And leave the loss for me | K |
| - | |
| 'And with such luck and loss | L |
| I will content myself | M |
| Till tides of turning time may toss | L |
| Such fishers on the shelf | M |
| - | |
| 'And when they stick on sands | N |
| That every man may see | K |
| Then will I laugh and clap my hands | N |
| As they do now at me ' | - |
George Gascoigne
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