At San Sebastian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFCCGGHH IIJJKKLL MMNNBBOO| The Countess sprawled beside the sea | A |
| As naked a she well could be | A |
| Indeed her only garments were | B |
| A G string and a brassi egrave re | C |
| Her washerwoman was amazed | D |
| And at the lady gazed and gazed | D |
| From billowy bosom swell | E |
| To navel like a pink sea shell | E |
| - | |
| The Countess has of robes three score | F |
| She doffs and leaves them on the floor | F |
| She changes gowns ten times a ay | C |
| Her chambermaid puts them away | C |
| How funny thinks the washer wife | G |
| I've toiled and toiled throughout my life | G |
| And only have to hide my skin | H |
| This old rag that I'm standing in | H |
| - | |
| The Countess never toiled at all | I |
| She begged for coin when she was small | I |
| And later in the ancient fashion | J |
| In gay resorts she peddled passion | J |
| But now to noble rank arrived | K |
| Tom wed the old Count she contrived | K |
| Her youthful lover lounging there | L |
| Is hirsute as a teddy bear | L |
| - | |
| The Countess will be honoured when | M |
| She dies past three score years and ten | M |
| The washer women will wear out | N |
| With labour fifty years about | N |
| Yet as the two look at each other | B |
| The Countess thinks So was my mother | B |
| And washer wife to live and die | O |
| But for God's grace so would be I | O |
Robert Service
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