Mrs. Grundy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FGHH IJKK LMNN OPQQ RRSS| Step very softly sweet Quiet foot | A |
| Stumble not whisper not smile not | B |
| By this dark ivy stoop cheek and brow | C |
| Still even thy heart What seest thou | C |
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| High coifed broad browed aged suave yet grim | D |
| A large flat face eyes keenly dim | D |
| Staring at nothing that's me and yet | E |
| With a hate one could never no never forget | E |
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| This is my world my garden my home | F |
| Hither my father bade mother to come | G |
| And bear me out of the dark into light | H |
| And happy I was in her tender sight | H |
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| And then thou frail flower she died and went | I |
| Forgetting my pitiless banishment | J |
| And that Old Woman an Aunt she said | K |
| Came hither lodged fattened and made her bed | K |
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| Oh yes thou most blessed from Monday to Sunday | L |
| Has lived on me preyed on me Mrs Grundy | M |
| Called me 'dear Nephew' on each of those chairs | N |
| Has gloated in righteousness heard my prayers | N |
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| Why didst thou dare the thorns of the grove | O |
| Timidest trespasser huntress of love | P |
| Now thou hast peeped and now dost know | Q |
| What kind of creature is thine for foe | Q |
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| Not that she'll tear out thy innocent eyes | R |
| Poison thy mouth with deviltries | R |
| Watch thou wait thou soon will begin | S |
| The guile of a voice hark Come in Come in | S |
Walter De La Mare
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