One, Two Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MANG LOBB PQ ABGGOne two three four | A |
find yourself a wife choose her | B |
Do not dally don't be late | C |
or someone else'll get there first | D |
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I myself found me some honey | E |
but it never came to my lips | F |
Two she had her this one widow | G |
one brunette and one had fair hair | H |
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Not girls pearls | I |
fillies fine and gorgeous | J |
the joy of whoever saw their face | K |
and I loved both of them | L |
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But who'll foretell and who'll say | M |
which of them I loved more | A |
The time went I don't know how | N |
I dillydallied dillydallied | G |
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Suddenly a demon came and scarfed them | L |
a demon with a ponytail and handlebar mustache | O |
And I remained silly bugger | B |
an old bachelor ever after | B |
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And from this to all the young men | P |
a moral to the wise and let who learns learn | Q |
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One two three four | A |
find yourself a wife choose her | B |
Do not dally don't be late | G |
or someone else'll get there first | G |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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