Infelice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCCDCCCEFCCGCBCH IJCCKHLC| Walking 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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