Fannie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCADDEFE GHIHJKGKLLEFE MFNFDDOOPFQFEFE RFSFOOFETETEFE| Fannie has the sweetest foot | A |
| Ever in a gaiter boot | B |
| And the hoyden knows it | C |
| And of course she shows it | C |
| Not the knowledge but the foot | A |
| Yet with such a modest grace | D |
| Never seems it out of place | D |
| Ah there are not many | E |
| Half so sly or sad or mad | F |
| Or wickeder than Fannie | E |
| - | |
| Fannie has the blackest hair | G |
| Of any of the village girls | H |
| It does not shower on her neck | I |
| In silken or coquettish curls | H |
| It droops in folds around her brow | J |
| As clouds at night around the moon | K |
| Looped with lilies here and there | G |
| In many a dangerous festoon | K |
| And Fannie wears a gipsy hat | L |
| Saucily yes all of that | L |
| Ah there are not many | E |
| Half so sly or sad or mad | F |
| Or wickeder than Fannie | E |
| - | |
| Fannie wears an open dress | M |
| Ah the charming chemisette | F |
| Half concealing half revealing | N |
| Something far more charming yet | F |
| Fannie draper her breast with lace | D |
| As one would drape a costly vase | D |
| To keep away mischevious flies | O |
| But lace can't keep away one's eyes | O |
| For every time her bosom heaves | P |
| Ah it peepeth through it | F |
| Yet Fannie looks the while as if | Q |
| Never once she knew it | F |
| Ah there are not many | E |
| Half so sly or sad or mad | F |
| Or innocent than Fannie | E |
| - | |
| Fannie lays her hand in mine | R |
| Fannie speaks with naivete | F |
| Fannie kisses me she does | S |
| In her own coquettish way | F |
| Then softly speaks and deeply sighs | O |
| With angels nestled in her eyes | O |
| In the merrie month of May | F |
| Fannie swears sincerely | E |
| She will be my own wife | T |
| And love me dearly dearly | E |
| Ever after all her life | T |
| Ah there are not many | E |
| Half so sly or sad or mad | F |
| As my true hearted Fannie | E |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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