Keeping His First Wife Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCDCE CFCFCECE CCCCCECE GHCHIECE CCJCKECE LMCMNECE CMLMCEOE

IT S OH for a rivet in marriage bondsA
And a splice in the knot untiedB
The sanctity of the marriage tieC
Is growing more sanctifiedC
They re getting mixed up in societyC
There s an awful family rowD
For Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Is keeping his first wife nowE
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Oh she belonged to the smart smart setC
Where reasons are far to seekF
And the wedding and crush are remembered yetC
As the smart things of the weekF
Never an atom of love had sheC
But they had a child somehowE
And Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Has the love of his first wife nowE
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Mad for notice and talk was sheC
A butterfly blind as a batC
She would flaunt for a season a divorceeC
Or divorce him failing thatC
He played his part and she held his heartC
As light as her marriage vowE
But Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Has a hold on his first wife nowE
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She swore in Court what the world knew falseG
With never a thought of shameH
She was free to flaunt to her heart s contentC
But she found it mighty tameH
The talk of the town for a week or twoI
The gush the smirk and the bowE
But Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Is the God of his first wife nowE
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Her soul grew sick of the smart smart setC
Or her conscience drove her wildC
Or she craved for notice and talk once moreJ
Or perhaps because of the childC
But they met at last and they met againK
No matter the where or howE
And Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Is in love with his first wife nowE
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Tis a terrible life for the second young wifeL
But she married him too for placeM
And she mustn t forget that a smarting setC
Belongs to the human raceM
They say it s fixed up in cameraN
And if that is the case I ll vowE
That Reginald Jones of The FerneryC
Will marry his first wife nowE
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And there is a song of the English worldC
And a song for the English raceM
The second husband and second wifeL
Must ever take second placeM
So cherish the best that you find in the firstC
And a margin of width allowE
The future looks after itself too wellO
Look after the first ones nowE

Henry Lawson



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