The Well-dressed Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC FGFG| Here's flowery taffeta for Mary's new gown | A |
| Here's black velvet all the rage for Dick's birthday coat | B |
| Pearly buttons for you Mary all the way down | A |
| Lace ruffles Dick for you you'll be a man of note | B |
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| Mary here I've bought you a green gingham shade | C |
| And a silk purse brocaded with roses gold and blue | D |
| You'll learn to hold them proudly like colours on parade | C |
| No banker's wife in all the town half so grand as you | D |
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| I've bought for young Diccon a long walking stick | E |
| Yellow gloves well tanned at Woodstock village made | C |
| I'll teach you to flourish 'em and show your name is DICK | E |
| Strutting by your sister's side with the same parade | C |
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| On Sunday to church you go each with a book of prayer | F |
| Then up the street and down the aisles everywhere you'll see | G |
| Of all the honours paid around how small is Virtue's share | F |
| How large the share of Vulgar Pride in peacock finery | G |
Robert Graves
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