Infelice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCCDCCCEFCCGCBCH IJCCKHLCWalking swiftly with a dreadful duchess | A |
He smiled too briefly his face was pale as sand | B |
He jumped into a taxi when he saw me coming | C |
Leaving my alone with a private meaning | C |
He loves me so much my heart is singing | C |
Later at the Club when I rang him in the evening | C |
They said Sir Rat is dining is dining is dining | C |
No madam he left no messafe ah how his silence speaks | D |
He loves me too much for words my heart is singing | C |
The Pullman seats are here the tickets for Paris I am waiting | C |
Presently the telephone rings it is his valet speaking | C |
Sir Rat is called away to Scotland his constituents | E |
Ah the dreadful duchess but he loves me best | F |
Best pleasure to the last my heart is singing | C |
One night he came it was four in the morning | C |
Walking slowly upstairs he stands beside my bed | G |
Dear darling lie beside me it is too cold to stand speaking | C |
He lies down beside me his face is like the sand | B |
He is in a sleep of love my heart is singing | C |
Sleeping softly softly in the morning I must wake him | H |
And waking he murmurs I only came to sleep | I |
The words are so sweetly cruel how deeply he loves me | J |
I say them to myself alone my heart is singing | C |
Now the sunshine strenghtens it is ten in the morning | C |
He is so timid in love he only needs to know | K |
He is my little child how can he come if I do not call him | H |
I will write and tell him everything I take the pen and write | L |
I love you so much my heart is singing | C |
Stevie Smith
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