Dora Versus Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBDBD BBBBEBEB FGFGHBHB IJIJABAB KKKKLMLM BBBBNBNB O KBKBPQPQ| The Case is proceeding | A |
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| From the tragic est novels at Mudie's | B |
| At least on a practical plan | C |
| To the tales of mere Hodges and Judys | B |
| One love is enough for a man | C |
| But no case that I ever yet met is | B |
| Like mine I am equally fond | D |
| Of Rose who a charming brunette is | B |
| And Dora a blonde | D |
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| Each rivals the other in powers | B |
| Each waltzes each warbles each paints | B |
| Miss Rose chiefly tumble down towers | B |
| Miss Do perpendicular saints | B |
| In short to distinguish is folly | E |
| 'Twixt the pair I am come to the pass | B |
| Of Macheath between Lucy and Polly | E |
| Or Buridan's ass | B |
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| If it happens that Rosa I've singled | F |
| For a soft celebration in rhyme | G |
| Then the ringlets of Dora get mingled | F |
| Somehow with the tune and the time | G |
| Or I painfully pen me a sonnet | H |
| To an eyebrow intended for Do 's | B |
| And behold I am writing upon it | H |
| The legend To Rose | B |
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| Or I try to draw Dora my blotter | I |
| Is all overscrawled with her head | J |
| If I fancy at last that I've got her | I |
| It turns to her rival instead | J |
| Or I find myself placidly adding | A |
| To the rapturous tresses of Rose | B |
| Miss Dora's bud mouth and her madding | A |
| Ineffable nose | B |
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| Was there ever so sad a dilemma | K |
| For Rose I would perish pro tem | K |
| For Dora I'd willingly stem a | K |
| Whatever might offer to stem | K |
| But to make the invidious election | L |
| To declare that on either one's side | M |
| I've a scruple a grain more affection | L |
| I cannot decide | M |
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| And as either so hopelessly nice is | B |
| My sole and my final resource | B |
| Is to wait some indefinite crisis | B |
| Some feat of molecular force | B |
| To solve me this riddle conducive | N |
| By no means to peace or repose | B |
| Since the issue can scarce be inclusive | N |
| Of Dora and Rose | B |
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| Afterthought | O |
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| But perhaps if a third say a Norah | K |
| Not quite so delightful as Rose | B |
| Not wholly so charming as Dora | K |
| Should appear is it wrong to suppose | B |
| As the claims of the others are equal | P |
| And flight in the main is the best | Q |
| That I might But no matter the sequel | P |
| Is easily guessed | Q |
Henry Austin Dobson
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