The Pretty Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEF GHGHI FJFJ KLKMN OPO CQCQ| He asked the lady in the train | A |
| If he might smoke she smiled consent | B |
| So lighting his cigar and fain | A |
| To talk he puffed away content | B |
| Reflecting how delightful are | C |
| Fair dame and fine cigar | C |
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| Then from his bulging wallet he | D |
| A photograph with pride displayed | E |
| His charming wife and children three | D |
| When suddenly he was dismayed | E |
| To hear her say 'These notes you've got | F |
| I want the lot ' | - |
| - | |
| He scarcely could believe his ears | G |
| He laughed 'The money isn't mine | H |
| To pay it back would take me years | G |
| And so politely I decline | H |
| Madame I think you speak in fun | I |
| Have you a gun ' | - |
| - | |
| She smiled 'No weapon have I got | F |
| Only my virtue but I swear | J |
| If you don't hand me out the lot | F |
| I'll rip my blouse let down my hair | J |
| Denounce you as a fiend accurst ' | - |
| He told her 'Do your worst ' | - |
| - | |
| She did Her silken gown she tore | K |
| Let down her locks and pulled the cord | L |
| That stopped the train and from the floor | K |
| She greeted engineer and guard | M |
| 'I fought and fought in vain ' she cried | N |
| 'Save me I'm terrified ' | - |
| - | |
| The man was calm he stood aloof | O |
| Said he 'Her game you understand | P |
| But if you doubt behold the proof | O |
| Of innocence is in my hand ' | - |
| And as they stared into the car | C |
| They saw his logic in a flash | Q |
| Aloft he held a lit cigar | C |
| With two inches of ash | Q |
Robert Service
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