To A Lady With Child That Ask'd An Old Shirt. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFF EEGGHHII| And why an honour'd ragged shirt that shows | A |
| Like tatter'd ensigns all its bodie's blows | A |
| Should it be swathed in a vest so dire | B |
| It were enough to set the child on fire | C |
| Dishevell'd queen s should strip them of their hair | D |
| And in it mantle the new rising heir | D |
| Nor do I know ought worth to wrap it in | E |
| Except my parchment upper coat of skin | E |
| And then expect no end of its chast tears | F |
| That first was rowl'd in down now furs of bears | F |
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| But since to ladies 't hath a custome been | E |
| Linnen to send that travail and lye in | E |
| To the nine sempstresses my former friends | G |
| I su'd but they had nought but shreds and ends | G |
| At last the jolli'st of the three times three | H |
| Rent th' apron from her smock and gave it me | H |
| 'Twas soft and gentle subt'ly spun no doubt | I |
| Pardon my boldnese madam HERE'S THE CLOUT | I |
Richard Lovelace
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