A Poet's Wooing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFFEGGDD DGHHGIIDD DEJJEKKGLGLGDD| I woo'd a woman once | A |
| But she was sharper than an eastern wind | B |
| Tennyson | C |
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| What may I do to make you glad | D |
| To make you glad and free | E |
| Till your light smiles glance | F |
| And your bright eyes dance | F |
| Like sunbeams on the sea | E |
| Read some rhyme that is blithe and gay | G |
| Of a bright May morn and a marriage day | G |
| And she sighed in a listless way she had | D |
| Do not read it will make me sad | D |
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| What shall I do to make you glad | D |
| To make you glad and gay | G |
| Till your eyes gleam bright | H |
| As the stars at night | H |
| When as light as the light of day | G |
| Sing some song as I twang the strings | I |
| Of my sweet guitar through its wanderings | I |
| And she sighed in the weary way she had | D |
| Do not sing it will make me sad | D |
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| What can I do to make you glad | D |
| As glad as glad can be | E |
| Till your clear eyes seem | J |
| Like the rays that gleam | J |
| And glint through a dew decked tree | E |
| Will it please you dear that I now begin | K |
| A grand old air on my violin | K |
| And she spoke again in the following way | G |
| Yes oh yes it would please me sir | L |
| I would be so glad you'd play | G |
| Some grand old march in character | L |
| And then as you march away | G |
| I will no longer thus be sad | D |
| But oh so glad so glad so glad | D |
James Whitcomb Riley
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