To Ethel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBEB FBFB FBFB GBGB HBHB| So you think you will be a Scotch lassie | A |
| The braw Hieland lad in a kilt | B |
| Has taken your fancy dear has he | A |
| And you too would be clad in a tilt | B |
| - | |
| Well not one will gainsay you nor blame you | C |
| For your wishes are ever fulfilt | B |
| And how proudly your father will claim you | C |
| When arrayed in a tartan and tilt | B |
| - | |
| And your mother will certainly further | D |
| The hopes that her Ethel has built | B |
| You have only to ask to ensure their | E |
| Fulfilment concerning the tilt | B |
| - | |
| And I Oh I know I don't count dear | F |
| And for speaking acknowledge my guilt | B |
| For my wishes to nothing amount dear | F |
| I would rather you hadn't a tilt | B |
| - | |
| For although thou wilt take us by storm dear | F |
| Looking sweet as thou certainly wilt | B |
| Yet you know it is very bad form dear | F |
| And not English to wish for a tilt | B |
| - | |
| And I thought but of course was mistaken | G |
| For my hopes lie around me all spilt | B |
| That my Ethel would never awaken | G |
| To sigh for a Hielander's tilt | B |
| - | |
| None the less will I try to be glad then | H |
| Nor let courtesy play me the jilt | B |
| Though I know that my heart will be sad when | H |
| Little Ethel is wearing her tilt | B |
Wilfred S. Skeats
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About To Ethel
To Ethel is a poem by Wilfred S. Skeats. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about To Ethel poem by Wilfred S. Skeats
Best Poems of Wilfred S. Skeats