Vain And Careless Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGHG IJKJ ALML NNNN OPQP| Lady lovely lady | A |
| Careless and gay | B |
| Once when a beggar called | C |
| She gave her child away | B |
| - | |
| The beggar took the baby | A |
| Wrapped it in a shawl | D |
| Bring her back the lady said | E |
| Next time you call | D |
| - | |
| Hard by lived a vain man | F |
| So vain and so proud | G |
| He walked on stilts | H |
| To be seen by the crowd | G |
| - | |
| Up above the chimney pots | I |
| Tall as a mast | J |
| And all the people ran about | K |
| Shouting till he passed | J |
| - | |
| A splendid match surely | A |
| Neighbours saw it plain | L |
| Although she is so careless | M |
| Although he is so vain | L |
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| But the lady played bobcherry | N |
| Did not see or care | N |
| As the vain man went by her | N |
| Aloft in the air | N |
| - | |
| This gentle born couple | O |
| Lived and died apart | P |
| Water will not mix with oil | Q |
| Nor vain with careless heart | P |
Robert Von Ranke Graves
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