Dressing The Doll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA C AAA DEDFF F GGGHHII F JKFFFFFIILMNOOOFFF AABBB F AAAA| THIS is the way we dress the Doll | A |
| You may make her a shepherdess the Doll | A |
| If you give her a crook with a pastoral hook | B |
| But this is the way we dress the Doll | A |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Bless the Doll you may press the Doll | A |
| But do not crumple and mess the Doll | A |
| This is the way we dress the Doll | A |
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| First you observe her little chemise | D |
| As white as milk with ruches of silk | E |
| And the little drawers that cover her knees | D |
| As she sits or stands with golden bands | F |
| And lace in beautiful filagrees | F |
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| Chorus | F |
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| Now these are the bodies she has two | G |
| One of pink with rouches of blue | G |
| And sweet white lace be careful do | G |
| And one of green with buttons of sheen | H |
| Buttons and bands of gold I mean | H |
| With lace on the border in lovely order | I |
| The most expensive we can afford her | I |
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| Chorus | F |
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| Then with black at the border jacket | J |
| And this and this she will not lack it | K |
| Skirts Why there are skirts of course | F |
| And shoes and stockings we shall enforce | F |
| With a proper bodice in the proper place | F |
| Stays that lace have had their days | F |
| And made their martyrs likewise garters | F |
| All entire But our desire | I |
| Is to show you her night attire | I |
| At least a part of it Pray admire | L |
| This sweet white thing that she goes to bed in | M |
| It s not the one that s made for her wedding | N |
| That is special a new design | O |
| Made with a charm and a countersign | O |
| Three times three and nine times nine | O |
| These are only her usual clothes | F |
| Look there s a wardrobe gracious knows | F |
| It s pretty enough as far as it goes | F |
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| So you see the way we dress the Doll | A |
| You might make her a shepherdess the Doll | A |
| If you gave her a crook with pastoral hook | B |
| With sheep and a shed and a shallow brook | B |
| And all that out of the poetry book | B |
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| Chorus | F |
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| Bless the Doll you may press the Doll | A |
| But do not crumple and mess the Doll | A |
| This is the way we dress the Doll | A |
| If you had not seen could you guess the Doll | A |
William Brighty Rands
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