The English Padlock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGHIJFF KKLLMN OOPPME QQRRSSFFEDTTFUFV QQWWWWXXWWYY YYFFZZZA2A2WWNNB2B2C 2D2YYA2A2XXWWWW| Miss Danae when Fair and Young | A |
| As Horace has divinely sung | A |
| Could not be kept from Jove's Embrace | B |
| By Doors of Steel and Walls of Brass | C |
| The Reason of the Thing is clear | D |
| Would Jove the naked Truth aver | E |
| Cupid was with Him of the Party | F |
| And show'd himself sincere and hearty | F |
| For give That Whipster but his Errand | G |
| He takes my Lord Chief Justice' Warrant | H |
| Dauntless as Death away He walks | I |
| Breaks the Doors open snaps the Locks | J |
| Searches the Parlour Chamber Study | F |
| Nor stops 'till He has Culprit's Body | F |
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| Since This has been Authentick Truth | K |
| By Age deliver'd down to Youth | K |
| Tell us mistaken Husband tell us | L |
| Why so Mysterious why so Jealous | L |
| Does the Restraint the Bolt the Bar | M |
| Make Us less Curious Her less Fair | N |
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| The Spy which does this Treasure keep | O |
| Does She ne'er say her Pray'rs nor sleep | O |
| Does She to no Excess incline | P |
| Does She fly Musick Mirth and Wine | P |
| Or have not Gold and Flatt'ry Pow'r | M |
| To purchase One unguarded Hour | E |
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| Your Care does further yet extend | Q |
| That Spy is guarded by your Friend | Q |
| But has This Friend nor Eye nor Heart | R |
| May He not feel the cruel Dart | R |
| Which soon or late all Mortals feel | S |
| May He not with too tender Zeal | S |
| Give the Fair Pris'ner Cause to see | F |
| How much He wishes She were free | F |
| May He not craftily infer | E |
| The Rules of Friendship too severe | D |
| Which chain Him to a hated Trust | T |
| Which make Him Wretched to be Just | T |
| And may not She this Darling She | F |
| Youthful and healthy Flesh and Blood | U |
| Easie with Him ill us'd by Thee | F |
| Allow this Logic to be good | V |
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| Sir Will your Questions never end | Q |
| I trust to neither Spy nor Friend | Q |
| In short I keep Her from the Sight | W |
| Of ev'ry Human Face She'll write | W |
| From Pen and Paper She's debarr'd | W |
| Has She a Bodkin and a Card | W |
| She'll bunny her Mind She will You say | X |
| But how shall She That Mind convey | X |
| I keep Her in one Room I lock it | W |
| The Key look here is in this Pocket | W |
| The Key hole is That left Most certain | Y |
| She'll thrust her Letter thro' Sir Martin | Y |
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| Dear angry Friend what must be done | Y |
| Is there no Way There is but One | Y |
| Send Her abroad and let Her see | F |
| That all this mingled Mass which She | F |
| Being forbidden longs to know | Z |
| Is a dull Farce an empty Show | Z |
| Powder and Pocket Glass and Beau | Z |
| A Staple of Romance and Lies | A2 |
| False Tears and real Perjuries | A2 |
| Where Sighs and Looks are bought and sold | W |
| And Love is made but to be told | W |
| Where the fat Bawd and lavish Heir | N |
| The Spoils of ruin'd Beauty share | N |
| And Youth seduc'd from Friends and Fame | B2 |
| Must give up Age to Want and Shame | B2 |
| Let Her behold the Frantick Scene | C2 |
| The Women wretched false the Men | D2 |
| And when these certain Ills to shun | Y |
| She would to Thy Embraces run | Y |
| Receive Her with extended Arms | A2 |
| Seem more delighted with her Charms | A2 |
| Wait on Her to the Park and Play | X |
| Put on good Humour make Her gay | X |
| Be to her Virtues very kind | W |
| Be to her Faults a little blind | W |
| Let all her Ways be unconfin'd | W |
| And clap your Padlock on her Mind | W |
Matthew Prior
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