Vague Story, A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFDFD GHGHIDJD| Perchance it was her eyes of blue | A |
| Her cheeks that might the rose have shamed | B |
| Her figure in proportion true | A |
| To all the rules by artists framed | B |
| Perhaps it was her mental worth | C |
| That made her lover love her so | D |
| Perhaps her name or wealth or birth | C |
| I cannot tell I do not know | D |
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| He may have had a rival who | A |
| Did fiercely gage him to a duel | E |
| And being luckier of the two | A |
| Defeated him with triumph cruel | E |
| Then she may have proved false and turned | F |
| To welcome to her arms his foe | D |
| Left him despairing conquered spurned | F |
| I cannot tell I do not know | D |
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| So oft such woes will counteract | G |
| The thousand ecstacies of love | H |
| That you may fix on base of fact | G |
| The story hinted at above | H |
| But all on earth so doubtful is | I |
| Man knows so little here below | D |
| That if you ask for proof of this | J |
| I cannot tell I do not know | D |
Walter Parke
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