Village Don Juan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC BBDDEE FFGGHH IIJJKK LLKKMM| Lord I'm grey my face is run | A |
| But by old Harry I've had my fun | A |
| And all about I seem to see | B |
| Lads and lassies that look like me | B |
| Ice blue eyes on every hand | C |
| Handsomest youngsters in the land | C |
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| Old Stud Horse they say of me | B |
| But back of my beard I laugh with glee | B |
| Far and wide have I sown my seed | D |
| Yet by the gods I've improved the breed | D |
| From byre and stable to joiner's bench | E |
| From landlord's daughter to serving wench | E |
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| Ice blue eyes and blade straight nose | F |
| Stamp of my virile youth are those | F |
| Now you'll see them on every side | G |
| Proof of my powers far and wide | G |
| Even the parson' handsome scamp | H |
| And the Doctor's daughter have my stamp | H |
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| Many a matron cocks an eye | I |
| Of secret knowledge as I pass by | I |
| As for the hubbies what they don't know | J |
| Will never hurt them so let them go | J |
| The offspring most they seem to prize | K |
| Have blade straight noses and ice blue byes | K |
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| Yet oh I have a haunting dread | L |
| Brother and sister lust the bed | L |
| The Parson's and the Doctor's lass | K |
| Yestreen in the moon I saw them pass | K |
| The thought of them wed is like a knife | M |
| Brother and sister man and wife | M |
Robert William Service
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