At San Sebastian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFCCGGHH IIJJKKLL MMNNBBOOThe Countess sprawled beside the sea | A |
As naked a she well could be | A |
Indeed her only garments were | B |
A G string and a brassi egrave re | C |
Her washerwoman was amazed | D |
And at the lady gazed and gazed | D |
From billowy bosom swell | E |
To navel like a pink sea shell | E |
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The Countess has of robes three score | F |
She doffs and leaves them on the floor | F |
She changes gowns ten times a ay | C |
Her chambermaid puts them away | C |
How funny thinks the washer wife | G |
I've toiled and toiled throughout my life | G |
And only have to hide my skin | H |
This old rag that I'm standing in | H |
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The Countess never toiled at all | I |
She begged for coin when she was small | I |
And later in the ancient fashion | J |
In gay resorts she peddled passion | J |
But now to noble rank arrived | K |
Tom wed the old Count she contrived | K |
Her youthful lover lounging there | L |
Is hirsute as a teddy bear | L |
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The Countess will be honoured when | M |
She dies past three score years and ten | M |
The washer women will wear out | N |
With labour fifty years about | N |
Yet as the two look at each other | B |
The Countess thinks So was my mother | B |
And washer wife to live and die | O |
But for God's grace so would be I | O |
Robert William Service
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