Domestic Asides; Or, Truth In Parentheses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DDDD EDFD EGDG HGIG JKLK MBDB NDED| I really take it very kind | A |
| This visit Mrs Skinner | B |
| I have not seen you such an age | C |
| The wretch has come to dinner | B |
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| Your daughters too what loves of girls | D |
| What heads for painters' easels | D |
| Come here and kiss the infant dears | D |
| And give it p'rhaps the measles | D |
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| Your charming boys I see are home | E |
| From Reverend Mr Russell's | D |
| 'Twas very kind to bring them both | F |
| What boots for my new Brussels | D |
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| What little Clara left at home | E |
| Well now I call that shabby | G |
| I should have loved to kiss her so | D |
| A flabby dabby babby | G |
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| And Mr S I hope he's well | H |
| Ah though he lives so handy | G |
| He never now drops in to sup | I |
| The better for our brandy | G |
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| Come take a seat I long to hear | J |
| About Matilda's marriage | K |
| You're come of course to spend the day | L |
| Thank Heaven I hear the carriage | K |
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| What must you go next time I hope | M |
| You'll give me longer measure | B |
| Nay I shall see you down the stairs | D |
| With most uncommon pleasure | B |
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| Good bye good bye remember all | N |
| Next time you'll take your dinners | D |
| Now David mind I'm not at home | E |
| In future to the Skinners | D |
Thomas Hood
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Emerald : What a lovely tongue in cheek poem. Wonderfully gets through to you /well disguised opinion of these rather unwelcome visitor/s.
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