The Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKDD LLMMNNOO PQRRSSTT| When good nights have been prattled and prayers have been said | A |
| And the last little sunbeam is tucked up in bed | A |
| Then skirting the trees on a carpet of snow | B |
| The elves and the fairies come out in a row | B |
| With a preening of wings | C |
| They are forming in rings | C |
| Pirouetting and setting they cross and advance | D |
| In a ripple of laughter and pair for a dance | D |
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| And it's oh for the boom of the fairy bassoon | E |
| And the oboes and horns as they strike up a tune | E |
| And the twang of the harps and the sigh of the lutes | F |
| And the clash of the cymbals the purl of the flutes | F |
| And the fiddles sail in | G |
| To the musical din | G |
| While the chief all on fire with a flame for a hand | H |
| Rattles on the gay measure and stirs up his band | H |
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| With a pointing of toes and a lifting of wrists | I |
| They are off through the whirls and the twirls and the twists | I |
| Thread the mazes of marvellous figures and chime | J |
| With a bow to a curtsey and always keep time | J |
| All the gallant and girls | K |
| In their diamonds and pearls | K |
| And their gauze and their sparkles designed for a dance | D |
| By the leaders of fairy land fashion in France | D |
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| But the old lady fairies sit out by the trees | L |
| And the old beaux attend them as pert as you please | L |
| They quiz the young dancers and scorn their display | M |
| And deny any grace to the dance of to day | M |
| In Oberon's reign | N |
| So they're heard to complain | N |
| When we went out at night we could temper our fun | O |
| With some manners in dancing but now there are none | O |
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| But at last though the music goes gallantly on | P |
| And the dancers are none of them weary or gone | Q |
| When the gauze is in rags and the hair is awry | R |
| Comes a light in the East and a sudden cock cry | R |
| With a scurry of fear | S |
| Then they all disappear | S |
| Leaving never a trace of their gay little selves | T |
| Or the winter night dance of the fairies and elves | T |
R. C. Lehmann
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