Croquet By Moonlight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA B AACA DDEE F GGAA F HHAA F IJKL F AAAA F MMAA| On a moonlight evening in the month of May | A |
| A number of young people were playing at croquet | A |
| They mingled together the bashful with the gay | A |
| And had a pleasant time and chat while playing at croquet | A |
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| CHORUS | B |
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| This play they call croquet croquet | A |
| This play they call croquet | A |
| It is amusement for the young | C |
| This play they call croquet | A |
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| On that pleasant evening the moon shone clear and bright | D |
| And every heart among that crowd was filed with great delight | D |
| It was a merry party for lady Dell was there | E |
| Her merry laugh above the rest was heard by all so fair | E |
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| CHORUS This play etc | F |
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| She was the belle that evening admired by great and small | G |
| And all the boys liked to play with the girl and blue ball | G |
| She was a splendid player so lively and so gay | A |
| For she was skilled in playing that pleasant game croquet | A |
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| CHORUS This play etc | F |
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| Two young men among them that loved this pretty Dell | H |
| Although I write about them their names I will not tell | H |
| They were fine young fellows so bashful and yet so gay | A |
| They tried to beat the girl that with the blue ball play | A |
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| CHORUS This play etc | F |
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| Ah with those handsome fellows Dell thought she'd have some fun | I |
| The one of you that'll catch me may see me safely home | J |
| The play began in earnest between those fine young men | K |
| To catch the girl with the blue ball was impossible for them | L |
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| CHORUS This play etc | F |
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| She went around the play ground so full of life and gay | A |
| She left them at the farther arch so she beat them at croquet | A |
| It was late that evening and as I went away | A |
| I know not how they came out in that pleasant game croquet | A |
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| CHORUS This play etc | F |
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| So croquet by moonlight is pleasant as you see | M |
| For business cares were laid aside in that little company | M |
| So playing at croquet croquet so playing at croquet | A |
| It is amusement for the young folks this play of croquet | A |
Julia Ann Moore
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