My Madonna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG BHBH| I haled me a woman from the street | A |
| Shameless but oh so fair | B |
| I bade her sit in the model's seat | A |
| And I painted her sitting there | B |
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| I hid all trace of her heart unclean | C |
| I painted a babe at her breast | D |
| I painted her as she might have been | E |
| If the Worst had been the Best | D |
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| She laughed at my picture and went away | F |
| Then came with a knowing nod | G |
| A connoisseur and I heard him say | F |
| 'Tis Mary the Mother of God | G |
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| So I painted a halo round her hair | B |
| And I sold her and took my fee | H |
| And she hangs in the church of Saint Hillaire | B |
| Where you and all may see | H |
Robert William Service
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