An April Fool Of Long Ago Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMNO DJDJ PQPQ RSRS JQJQ TUTU VQVQ MQOQ BWBW RKRK| In powdered wig and buckled shoe | A |
| Knee breeches coat and waistcoat gay | B |
| The wealthy squire rode forth to woo | A |
| Upon a first of April day | B |
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| He would forget his lofty birth | C |
| His spreading acres and his pride | D |
| And Betty fairest maid on earth | C |
| Should be his own his grateful bride | D |
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| The maid was young and he was old | E |
| The maid was good to look upon | F |
| Naught cared she for his land or gold | E |
| Her love was for the good squire's son | G |
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| He found her as the noonday hush | H |
| Lay on the world and called her name | I |
| She looked up conscious and her blush | H |
| A tender interest did proclaim | I |
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| For he was Hubert's sire and she | J |
| To keep a secret tryst did go | K |
| He said Methinks she cares for me | J |
| That April fool of long ago | K |
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| The flattered squire his suit did press | L |
| Without delay Say wilt thou come | M |
| He said with pompous tenderness | N |
| And share my wealth and grace my home | O |
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| Kind sir the lovely Betty cried | D |
| I'm but a lass of low degree | J |
| The love that is controlled by pride | D |
| Is not true love at all quoth he | J |
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| I hold a man should woo and wed | P |
| Where'er he wills should please himself | Q |
| There is the barrier strong she said | P |
| Of pedigree and place and pelf | Q |
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| Could one so lowly hope to grace | R |
| Your home Right proud his air and tone | S |
| You're pure of heart and fair of face | R |
| Dear Betty you would grace a throne | S |
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| Since you so highly think of me | J |
| Her tears and laughter were at strife | Q |
| You will not mind so much maybe | J |
| That I am Hubert's promised wife | Q |
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| Pale went the good squire's florid cheek | T |
| His wrath flamed out but Betty stood | U |
| Brown haired red lipped blue eyed and meek | T |
| A sight to make a bad man good | U |
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| She won on him But why this guile | V |
| This secrecy His voice was rough | Q |
| We feared she whispered with a smile | V |
| You would not think me good enough | Q |
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| An April fool am I Come come | M |
| My offer stands As Hubert's wife | Q |
| He laughed you'll share my wealth and home | O |
| And brighten up a lonely life | Q |
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| He kissed her cheek and rode away | B |
| Unbroken was his heart I wist | W |
| For he was thinking of a day | B |
| A day back in youth's rosy mist | W |
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| And of a form and of a face | R |
| My dear dead love he whispered low | K |
| The while he rode at sober pace | R |
| That April fool of long ago | K |
Jean Blewett
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