Grumpy Grandpa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACA ADADEAEA AFAFGAGA| Grand daughter of the Painted Nails | A |
| As if they had been dipped in gore | B |
| I'd like to set you lugging pails | A |
| And make you scrub the kitchen floor | B |
| I'm old and crotchety of course | C |
| And on this point my patience fails | A |
| I'd sue my old girl for divorce | C |
| If she showed up with painted nails | A |
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| Grand daughter of the Painted Nails | A |
| Like to a Jezebel are you | D |
| Do you expect to snare the males | A |
| With talons of such bloody hue | D |
| I could forgive your smudging lips | E |
| Your scarlet cheek that powder veils | A |
| But not your sanguine finger tips | E |
| Don't paw me with your painted nails | A |
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| Grand daughter of the Painted Nails | A |
| Were I the sire of maidens ten | F |
| I'd curse them over hills and dales | A |
| And hold them to the scorn of men | F |
| If they had claws of crimson dye | G |
| Aye though they sang like nightingales | A |
| Unto the welkin I would cry | G |
| Avaunt ye hags with Painted Nails | A |
Robert Service
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