La Dame Du Palais De La Reine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACCBCDDEEFFEFGGBG HHBHEEEEBBEB| SOPHIE in shocks of scarlet lace | A |
| Receives her usual embrace | A |
| Beneath a hedge behind a curtain | B |
| Or in the chambers of His Grace | A |
| Whether a kiss be worth the care | C |
| Five minions wasted on her hair | C |
| Sophie herself is half uncertain | B |
| Paused in adorable despair | C |
| When past beseeching Man she floats | D |
| In golden coasted petticoats | D |
| A shaft of irritation passes | E |
| Like colic but with antidotes | E |
| Then serious doubts occur of Love | F |
| That spoils the Peacock sours the Dove | F |
| And mixes up the lower classes | E |
| So hopelessly with those above | F |
| Is the bird Passion worth the lime | G |
| Can the small Amor turn to crime | G |
| By ruining skirts and the digestion | B |
| Such problems occupy her time | G |
| But often these objections thaw | H |
| To counts with viols or grooms with straw | H |
| And Sophie giving up the question | B |
| Bends to some strange but natural law | H |
| With books of music diamond rings | E |
| Spaniels and roses fireworks swings | E |
| Her lovers come But Sophie sighs | E |
| Whose thoughts are fixed on Higher Things | E |
| Between the sleepy kisses given | B |
| Her mind by grave debate is driven | B |
| Perplexity distracts those eyes | E |
| Which lovers vow are lost in Heaven | B |
Kenneth Slessor
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