La Bouquetiere Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGG BHIHJKLKDD AMDDNOEOPP QDNDPRSTSS UDDDDVWXDD YZA2B2DC2D2E2DD DE2DE2E2DDDDD DDODE2GDGF2F2 GNDNG2DDDDD IH2DH2DDIDDD DDDDI2J2E2K2L2L2 E2UM2UIE2J2E2DD N2DE2DDO2E2O2DD E2EP2EDQ2E2Q2GG

Buy my roses citizensA
Here are roses golden whiteB
Like the stars that lovers watchC
On a purple summer nightB
Here are roses ruddy redD
Here are roses Cupid's pinkE
Here are roses like his cheeksF
Deeper like his lips I thinkE
Vogue la galere what if they dieG
Roses will bloom again so buyG
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Here is one it should be whiteB
As tho' in a playful mindH
Flora stole the winter snowI
From the sleeping north'rn windH
And lest he should wake and rageJ
Breath'd a spell of ardent pow'rK
On the flake and flung it downL
To the earth a snow white flow'rK
Vogue la galere 'tis stain'd with redD
That only means a woman's deadD
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Buy my flowers citizensA
Here's a Parma violetM
Ah why is my white rose redD
'Tis the blood of a grisetteD
She sold her flowers by the quayN
Brown her eyes and fair her hairO
Sixteen summers old I thinkE
With a quaint Provincial airO
Vogue la galere she's gone the wayP
That flesh as well as flow'rs must strayP
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She had a father old and lameQ
He wove his baskets by her sideD
Well well 'twas fair enough to seeN
Her look of love his glance of prideD
He wore a beard of shaggy greyP
And clumsy patches on his blouseR
She wore about her neck a crossS
And on her feet great wooden shoesT
Vogue la galere we have no crossS
Th' Republic says it's gold is drossS
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They had a dog old lame and leanU
He once had been a noble houndD
And day by day he lay and starv'dD
Or gnaw'd some bone that he had foundD
They shar'd with him the scanty crustD
That barely foil'd starvation's painV
He'd wag his feeble tail and turnW
To gnaw that polish'd bone againX
Vogue la galere why don't ye greetD
My tale with laughter prompt and meetD
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No fear ye'll chorus me with laughsY
When draws my long jest to its closeZ
And have for life a merry jokeA2
The spot of blood upon the roseB2
She sold her flow'rs but what of thatD
The child was either good or denseC2
She starv'd for one she would not sellD2
Patriots 'twas her innocenceE2
Vogue la galere poor little clodD
Like us she could not laugh at GodD
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A week ago I saw a crowdD
Of red caps and a TricoteuseE2
Call'd as I hurried swiftly pastD
They've taken little Wooden ShoesE2
Well so they had Come laugh I sayE2
Your laugh with mine should come in patD
For she the little sad fac'd childD
Was an accurs'd aristocratD
Vogue la galere the Republic's saidD
Saints angels nobles all are deadD
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The old man too shriek'd out the crowdD
She turn'd her small white face aboutD
And ye'd have laugh'd to see the airO
With which she fac'd that rabble routD
I laugh'd I know some laughter breedsE2
A merry moisture in the eyeG
My cheeks were wet to see her handD
Try to push those brawny patriots byG
Vogue la galere we'll laugh nor weepF2
When Death not God calls us to sleepF2
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Not Jean she said 'tis only IG
That noble am take only meN
I only am his foster childD
He nurs'd me on his kneeN
See he is guiltless of the crimeG2
Of noble birth and lov'd me notD
Because I claim an old descentD
But that he nurs'd me in his cotD
Vogue la galere 'tis well no GodD
Exists to look upon this sodD
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Believe her not he shriek'd O noI
I am the father of her lifeH2
Poor Jean she said believe him notD
His mind with dreams is rifeH2
Farewell dear Jean she said I laugh'dD
Her air was so sedately grandD
Thou'st been a faithful servant soI
Thou well may'st kiss my handD
Vogue la galere the sun is redD
And will be Patriots when we're deadD
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Child my dear child he shriek'd she turn'dD
And let the patriots close her roundD
He was so lame he fell behindD
He and the starving houndD
Let him go free yell'd out the mobI2
Accurs'd be these nobles allJ2
The poor old wretch is craz'd it seemsE2
Blood Citizens will pallK2
Vogue la galere We can't buy wineL2
So let blood flow be't thine or mineL2
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I ply my trade about the PlaceE2
Where proudly reigns La GuillotineU
I pile my basket up with bloomM2
With mosses soft and greenU
This morning not an hour agoI
I stood beside a TricoteuseE2
And saw the little fair head fallJ2
Off the little Wooden ShoesE2
Vogue la galere By Sanson's toldD
Into his basket dross and goldD
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She died alone A woman drewN2
As close beside her as she mightD
And in that woman's basket layE2
A rose all snowy whiteD
But sixteen summers old a childD
As one might say to die aloneO2
Ah well it is the only wayE2
These nobles can atoneO2
Vogue la galere here is my jestD
My white rose redden'd from her breastD
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Buy my roses CitizensE2
Here's a vi'let here's a pinkE
Deeper tint than Cupid's cheekP2
Deeper than his lips I thinkE
Flora's nymphs on rosy feetD
Ne'er o'er brighter blossoms sprangQ2
Ne'er a songster sweeter bloomsE2
In his sweetest rhyming sangQ2
Vogue la galere Roses must dieG
Roses will grow again so buyG

Isabella Valancy Crawford



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