Cosmopolitan Woman, A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCDCBEEFB AADBGGGBAAAB GGDBHDHBCCCB| She went round and asked subscriptions | A |
| For the heathen black Egyptians | A |
| And the Terra del Fuegians | A |
| She did | B |
| For the tribes round Athabasca | C |
| And the men of Madagascar | D |
| And the poor souls of Alaska | C |
| So she did | B |
| She longed she said to buy | E |
| Jelly cake and jam and pie | E |
| For the Anthropophagi | F |
| So she did | B |
| - | |
| Her heart ached for the Australians | A |
| And the Borriobooli Ghalians | A |
| And the poor dear Amahagger | D |
| Yes it did | B |
| And she loved the black Numidian | G |
| And the ebon Abyssinian | G |
| And the charcoal coloured Guinean | G |
| Oh she did | B |
| And she said she'd cross the seas | A |
| With a ship of bread and cheese | A |
| For those starving Chimpanzees | A |
| So she did | B |
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| How she loved the cold Norwegian | G |
| And the poor half melted Feejeean | G |
| And the dear Molucca Islander | D |
| She did | B |
| She sent tins of red tomato | H |
| To the tribes beyond the Equator | D |
| But her husband ate potato | H |
| So he did | B |
| The poor helpless homeless thing | C |
| My voice falters as I sing | C |
| Tied his clothes up with a string | C |
| Yes he did | B |
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