Flossie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF CFFFGGHH IFIFJJKK BFBFFFLL| I know a maiden scarce thirteen | A |
| A sweet and gentle maid | B |
| With dignified and graceful mien | A |
| And manner calm and staid | B |
| But I've seen her when none but her parents are nigh | C |
| When her spirits are flowing exuberantly | D |
| With her feet tossing high while her arms in accordance | E |
| Are wildly upraised in the Fling or the Sword dance | F |
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| I know a maid whose hazel eye | C |
| Outshines the light gazelle's | F |
| And hid beneath its brilliancy | F |
| A pensive shadow dwells | F |
| But I've seen it illumed with a mischievous light | G |
| Which the sparkles displayed in the meteor's flight | G |
| Cannot meet as her laughter reverberates round | H |
| And merrily echo responds to the sound | H |
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| I know a maid whose accents mild | I |
| And words of sober sense | F |
| Declare her woman more than child | I |
| Yet mark her innocence | F |
| But I've heard her repeating the quip or the joke | J |
| While merriment shone in her eyes as she spoke | J |
| As with skill that is seldom excelled on the stage | K |
| She worthily mimicked the actor or sage | K |
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| I know a maid a loving maid | B |
| Whose quiet gentle ways | F |
| In look in voice in act displayed | B |
| Must bring her love and praise | F |
| But I know that when nimbly she's tripping the dance | F |
| When her eyes sparkle bright with a mischievous glance | F |
| When her sallies of innocent wit shall outpour | L |
| She will capture the hearts that were callous before | L |
Wilfred S. Skeats
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