Mistinguette Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI JKHLHL| He was my one and only love | A |
| My world was mirror for his face | B |
| We were as close as hand and glove | A |
| Until he came with smiling grace | B |
| To say 'We must be wise my dear | C |
| You are the idol of today | D |
| But I too plan a proud career | C |
| Let's kiss and go our way ' | E |
| - | |
| And then he soared to sudden fame | F |
| And even queens applauded him | G |
| A halo glorified his name | F |
| That dust of time may never dim | G |
| And me I toured golden Brazil | H |
| Yet as gay mobs were cheering me | I |
| The sun seemed black the brilliance chill | H |
| My triumph mockery | I |
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| Today if I should say 'Hello ' | - |
| He'd say 'How are you ' I'd say 'Fine ' | - |
| Yet never shall he see the woe | J |
| The wanness of my frail decline | K |
| I love him now and always will | H |
| Oh may his star be long to set | L |
| My Maurice is an idol still | H |
| What wreaths for Mistinguette | L |
Robert William Service
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