Washerwife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHIJJ| The aged Queen who passed away | A |
| Had sixty servants so they say | A |
| Twice sixty hands her shoes to tie | B |
| Two soapy ones have I | B |
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| The old Queen had of beds a score | C |
| A cot have I and ask no more | C |
| For when the last is said and done | D |
| One can but die in one | D |
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| The old Queen rightly thought that she | E |
| Was better than the likes o' me | E |
| And yet I'm glad despite her grace | F |
| I am not in her place | F |
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| The old Queen's gone and I am here | G |
| To eat my tripe and drink my beer | H |
| Athinkin' as I wash my clothes | I |
| We must have monarchs I suppose | J |
| Well well 'Taint no skin off my nose | J |
Robert William Service
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