Jane's Marriage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHCJKK CLMLNEOK LPQPQERE QSKKOKAK KKEEJane went to Paradise | A |
That was only fair | B |
Good Sir Walter followed her | C |
And armed her up the stair | B |
Henry and Tobias | D |
And Miguel of Spain | E |
Stood with Shakespeare at the top | F |
To welcome Jane | E |
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Then the Three Archangels | G |
Offered out of hand | H |
Anything in Heaven's gift | I |
That she might command | H |
Azrael's eyes upon her | C |
Raphael's wings above | J |
Michael's sword against her heart | K |
Jane said quot Love quot | K |
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Instantly the under | C |
Standing Seraphim | L |
Laid their fingers on their lips | M |
And went to look for him | L |
Stole across the Zodiac | N |
Harnessed Charles's Wain | E |
And whispered round the Nebulae | O |
quot Who loved Jane quot | K |
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In a private limbo | L |
Where none had thought to look | P |
Sat a Hampshire gentleman | Q |
Reading of a book | P |
It was called Persuasion | Q |
And it told the plain | E |
Story of the love between | R |
Him and Jane | E |
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He heard the question | Q |
Circle Heaven through | S |
Closed the book and answered | K |
quot I did and do quot | K |
Quietly but speedily | O |
As Captain Wentworth moved | K |
Entered into Paradise | A |
The man Jane loved | K |
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Jane lies in Winchester blessed be her shade | K |
Praise the Lord for making her and her for all she made | K |
And while the stones of Winchester or Milson Street remain | E |
Glory Love and Honour unto England's Jane | E |
Rudyard Kipling
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