My Husbands Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL| My first I wed when just sixteen | A |
| And he was sixty five | B |
| He treated me like any queen | A |
| The years he was alive | B |
| Oh I betrayed him on the sly | C |
| Like any other bitch | D |
| and how I longed for him to die | C |
| And leave me young and rich | D |
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| My second is a gigolo | E |
| I took when I was old | F |
| That he deceives me well I know | E |
| And hungers for my gold | F |
| When I adore each silken hair | G |
| That crowns his handsome head | H |
| I'm everlastingly aware | G |
| He wishes I were dead | H |
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| How I would love my vieux if he | I |
| Today were by my side | J |
| My gig would have been daft for me | I |
| When I was first a bride | J |
| But for his mother I can pass | K |
| Although I am his wife | L |
| Like father was my first alas | K |
| The irony of life | L |
Robert Service
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