Ragetty Doll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFDD GHGHII JKJLHH| Rosemary has of dolls a dozen | A |
| Yet she disdains them all | B |
| While Marie Rose her pauper cousin | A |
| Has just an old rag doll | C |
| But you should see her mother it | D |
| And with her kisses smother it | D |
| - | |
| A twist of twill a hank of hair | E |
| Fit for the rubbish bin | F |
| How Rosemary with scorn would stare | E |
| At its pathetic grin | F |
| Yet Marie Rose can lover it | D |
| And with her kisses cover it | D |
| - | |
| Rosemary is a pampered pet | G |
| She sniffs a dainty nose | H |
| Of scorn at ragged dolls and yet | G |
| My love's with Marie Rose | H |
| In garret corner shy and sweet | I |
| With rag doll Marguerite | I |
| - | |
| Though kin they are a gulf will grow | J |
| Between them with the years | K |
| For one a life of love will know | J |
| The other toil and tears | L |
| Perhaps that shabby rag doll knows | H |
| The rue of Marie Rose | H |
Robert Service
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