Male Fashions For 1799 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDCD BCBC BEBE FEFE GEGE HIJI CICI| Crops like hedgehogs high crown'd hats | A |
| Whispers like Jew MOSES | B |
| Padded collars thick cravats | B |
| And cheeks as red as roses | B |
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| Faces painted pink and brown | C |
| Waistcoats strip'd and gaudy | D |
| Sleeves thrice doubled thick with down | C |
| And straps to brace the body | D |
| - | |
| Short great coats that reach the knees | B |
| Boots like French postillion | C |
| Worn the G race to please | B |
| But laugh'd at by the million | C |
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| Square toed shoes with silken strings | B |
| Pantaloons not fitting | E |
| Finger deck'd with wedding rings | B |
| And small clothes made of knitting | E |
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| Curricles so low that they | F |
| Along the ground seem dragging | E |
| Hacks that weary half the day | F |
| In Rotten row are fagging | E |
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| Bull dogs grim and boxers bold | G |
| In noble trains attending | E |
| Science which is bought with gold | G |
| And flatt'rers vice commending | E |
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| Hair cords and plain rings to shew | H |
| Many a LADY's favour | I |
| BOUGHT by ev'ry vaunting beau | J |
| With mischievous endeavour | I |
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| Such is giddy FASHION's son | C |
| Such a MODERN LOVER | I |
| Oh wou'd their reign had ne'er begun | C |
| And may it soon BE OVER | I |
Mary Darby Robinson
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