The Gift (to Iris, In Bow Street, Covent Garden) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| SAY cruel IRIS pretty rake | A |
| Dear mercenary beauty | B |
| What annual offering shall I make | A |
| Expressive of my duty | B |
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| My heart a victim to thine eyes | C |
| Should I at once deliver | D |
| Say would the angry fair one prize | C |
| The gift who slights the giver | D |
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| A bill a jewel watch or toy | E |
| My rivals give and let 'em | F |
| If gems or gold impart a joy | E |
| I'll give them when I get 'em | F |
| - | |
| I'll give but not the full blown rose | G |
| Or rose bud more in fashion | H |
| Such short liv'd offerings but disclose | G |
| A transitory passion | H |
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| I'll give thee something yet unpaid | I |
| Not less sincere than civil | J |
| I'll give thee Ah too charming maid | I |
| I'll give thee To the devil | J |
Oliver Goldsmith
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