The Looking-glass (a Country Dance) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCA DDEEEF A GGEEEF A HHEEEF A IIJKFEEF

Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Stand forward partners allA
In ruff and stomacher and gownB
She danced King Philip down a downB
And left her shoe to show 'twas trueC
The very tune I'm playing youC
In Norgem at BrickwallA
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The Queen was in her chamber and she was middling oldD
Her petticoat was satin and her stomacher was goldD
Backward and forward and sideways did she passE
Making up her mind to face the cruel looking glassE
The cruel looking glass that will never show a lassE
As comely or as kindly or as young as what she wasF
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Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now hand your partners allA
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The Queen was in her chamber a combing of her hairG
There came Queen Mary's spirit and It stood behind her chairG
Singing Backward and forward and sideways may you passE
But I will stand behind you till you face the looking glassE
The cruel looking glass that will never show a lassE
As lovely or unlucky or as lonely as I wasF
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Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now turn your partners allA
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The Queen was in her chamber a weeping very soreH
There came Lord Leicester's spirit and It scratched upon the doorH
Singing Backward and forward and sideways may you passE
But I will walk beside you till you face the looking glassE
The cruel looking glass that will never show a lassE
As hard and unforgiving or as wicked as you wasF
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Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now kiss your partners allA
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The Queen was in her chamber her sins were on her headI
She looked the spirits up and down and statelily she saidI
Backward and forward and sideways though I've beenJ
Yet I am Harry's daughter and I am England's QueenK
And she faced the looking glass and whatever else there wasF
And she saw her day was over and she saw her beauty passE
In the cruel looking glass that can always hurt a lassE
More hard than any ghost there is or any man there wasF

Rudyard Kipling



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