Stool-ball Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| At stool ball Lucia let us play | A |
| For sugar cakes and wine | B |
| Or for a tansy let us pay | A |
| The loss or thine or mine | B |
| - | |
| If thou my dear a winner be | C |
| At trundling of the ball | D |
| The wager thou shall have and me | C |
| And my misfortunes all | D |
| - | |
| But if my sweetest I shall get | E |
| Then I desire but this | F |
| That likewise I may pay the bet | E |
| And have for all a kiss | F |
Robert Herrick
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