Cinderella Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ADADEFEF GHGHCICI JKJKLGLG MNMNOPOP CQCQRFRF| Cinderella in the street | A |
| In a ragged gown | B |
| Sloven slippers on her feet | A |
| Shames our tidy town | B |
| Harsh her locks of ashen grey | C |
| Vapour vague her stare | D |
| By the curb this bitter day | C |
| Selling papers there | D |
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| Cinderella once was sweet | A |
| Fine and lily fair | D |
| Silver slippers on her feet | A |
| Ribands in her hair | D |
| Solid men besought her hand | E |
| Tart was she as quince | F |
| Living in a fairy land | E |
| Waiting for a Prince | F |
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| Days went by and years went by | G |
| Wistful wan was she | H |
| Heedless of a mother's sigh | G |
| Of a lover's plea | H |
| On her lips a carol gay | C |
| In her heart a dream | I |
| Soon the Prince would come her way | C |
| Gallant and agleam | I |
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| Then at last she learned the truth | J |
| How her hope was vain | K |
| Gone her beauty gone her youth | J |
| Leaving want and pain | K |
| See she's waiting all alone | L |
| Hark you hear her cry | G |
| Papers by the cold curb stone | L |
| Begging you to buy | G |
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| Winter winds are waxing chill | M |
| Clouds rack overhead | N |
| Cinderella will be ill | M |
| Bye and bye be dead | N |
| Yet she kept her vision clear | O |
| To Romance was true | P |
| Holding him forever dear | O |
| Whom she never knew | P |
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| Cinderellas of to day | C |
| Take no chance of loss | Q |
| When a good guy comes your way | C |
| Nail him to the cross | Q |
| Let some ordinary cuss | R |
| Your coy heart convince | F |
| Never miss the nuptial bus | R |
| Waiting for a Prince | F |
Robert William Service
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