Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGHGIG JKFLM| I met the Bishop on the road | A |
| And much said he and I | B |
| 'Those breasts are flat and fallen now | C |
| Those veins must soon be dry | B |
| Live in a heavenly mansion | D |
| Not in some foul sty ' | E |
| - | |
| 'Fair and foul are near of kin | F |
| And fair needs foul ' I cried | G |
| 'My friends are gone but that's a truth | H |
| Nor grave nor bed denied | G |
| Learned in bodily lowliness | I |
| And in the heart's pride | G |
| - | |
| 'A woman can be proud and stiff | J |
| When on love intent | K |
| But Love has pitched his mansion in | F |
| The place of excrement | L |
| For nothing can be sole or whole | M |
| That has not been rent ' | - |
William Butler Yeats
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