Keeping His First Wife Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCDCE CFCFCECE CCCCCECE GHCHIECE CCJCKECE LMCMNECE CMLMCEOEIT S OH for a rivet in marriage bonds | A |
And a splice in the knot untied | B |
The sanctity of the marriage tie | C |
Is growing more sanctified | C |
They re getting mixed up in society | C |
There s an awful family row | D |
For Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Is keeping his first wife now | E |
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Oh she belonged to the smart smart set | C |
Where reasons are far to seek | F |
And the wedding and crush are remembered yet | C |
As the smart things of the week | F |
Never an atom of love had she | C |
But they had a child somehow | E |
And Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Has the love of his first wife now | E |
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Mad for notice and talk was she | C |
A butterfly blind as a bat | C |
She would flaunt for a season a divorcee | C |
Or divorce him failing that | C |
He played his part and she held his heart | C |
As light as her marriage vow | E |
But Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Has a hold on his first wife now | E |
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She swore in Court what the world knew false | G |
With never a thought of shame | H |
She was free to flaunt to her heart s content | C |
But she found it mighty tame | H |
The talk of the town for a week or two | I |
The gush the smirk and the bow | E |
But Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Is the God of his first wife now | E |
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Her soul grew sick of the smart smart set | C |
Or her conscience drove her wild | C |
Or she craved for notice and talk once more | J |
Or perhaps because of the child | C |
But they met at last and they met again | K |
No matter the where or how | E |
And Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Is in love with his first wife now | E |
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Tis a terrible life for the second young wife | L |
But she married him too for place | M |
And she mustn t forget that a smarting set | C |
Belongs to the human race | M |
They say it s fixed up in camera | N |
And if that is the case I ll vow | E |
That Reginald Jones of The Fernery | C |
Will marry his first wife now | E |
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And there is a song of the English world | C |
And a song for the English race | M |
The second husband and second wife | L |
Must ever take second place | M |
So cherish the best that you find in the first | C |
And a margin of width allow | E |
The future looks after itself too well | O |
Look after the first ones now | E |
Henry Lawson
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