Buxom Joan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCCAAB AAAADAAEEF FFAAGAAAAG| A soldier and a sailor | A |
| A tinker and a tailor | A |
| Had once a doubtful strife sir | A |
| To make a maid a wife sir | A |
| Whose name was Buxom Joan | B |
| For now the time was ended | C |
| When she no more intended | C |
| To lick her lips at men sir | A |
| And gnaw the sheets in vain sir | A |
| And lie o' nights alone | B |
| - | |
| The soldier swore like thunder | A |
| He loved her more than plunder | A |
| And showed her many a scar sir | A |
| That he had brought from far sir | A |
| With fighting for her sake | D |
| The tailor thought to please her | A |
| With offering her his measure | A |
| The tinker too with mettle | E |
| Said he could mend her kettle | E |
| And stop up every leak | F |
| - | |
| But while these three were prating | F |
| The sailor slily waiting | F |
| Thought if it came about sir | A |
| That they should all fall out sir | A |
| He then might play his part | G |
| And just e'en as he meant sir | A |
| To loggerheads they went sir | A |
| And then he let fly at her | A |
| A shot 'twixt wind and water | A |
| That won this fair maid's heart | G |
William Congreve
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