Not Married Yet! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ABABEFEG AHAHIAIA| I'm single yet I'm single yet | A |
| And years have flown since I came out | B |
| In vain I sigh in vain I fret | A |
| Ye gods what are the men about | B |
| I vow I'm twenty O ye powers | C |
| A spinster's lot is hard to bear | D |
| On earth alone to pass her hours | C |
| And afterward lead apes DOWN THERE | D |
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| No offer yet no offer yet | A |
| I'm puzzled quite to make it out | B |
| For every beau my cap I set | A |
| What what what ARE the men about | B |
| They don't propose they WON'T propose | E |
| For fear perhaps I'd not say Yes | F |
| Just let them try for Heaven knows | E |
| I'm tired of single blessedness | G |
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| Not married yet not married yet | A |
| The deuce is in the men I fear | H |
| I'm like a something to be let | A |
| And to be LET ALONE that's clear | H |
| They say She's pretty but no chink | I |
| And love without it runs in debt | A |
| It agitates my nerves to think | I |
| That I have had no offer yet | A |
George Pope Morris
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