The Kiss Returned Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGG HHIIJJKK| AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen | A |
| A man of rank admired her lovely mien | A |
| Who gave you such a charming fair he cried | B |
| May I presume to kiss your beauteous bride | B |
| With all my heart replied the humble swain | C |
| You're welcome sir I beg you'll not refrain | C |
| She's at your service take the boon I pray | D |
| You'll not such offers meet with ev'ry day | D |
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| THE gentleman proceeded as desired | E |
| To get a kiss alone he had aspired | F |
| So fervently howe'er he pressed her lip | G |
| That Petronella blushed at ev'ry sip | G |
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| SEVEN days had scarcely run when to his arms | H |
| The other took a wife with seraph charms | H |
| And William was allowed to have a kiss | I |
| That filled his soul with soft ecstatic bliss | I |
| Cried he I wish and truly I am grieved | J |
| That when the gentleman a kiss received | J |
| From her I love he'd gone to greater height | K |
| And with my Petronella passed the night | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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