Lady-probationer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEDFFGHIG| Some three or five or seven and thirty years | A |
| A Roman nose a dimpling double chin | B |
| Dark eyes and shy that ignorant of sin | B |
| Are yet acquainted it would seem with tears | C |
| A comely shape a slim high coloured hand | D |
| Graced rather oddly with a signet ring | E |
| A bashful air becoming everything | E |
| A well bred silence always at command | D |
| Her plain print gown prim cap and bright steel chain | F |
| Look out of place on her and I remain | F |
| Absorbed in her as in a pleasant mystery | G |
| Quick skilful quiet soft in speech and touch | H |
| 'Do you like nursing ' 'Yes Sir very much ' | I |
| Somehow I rather think she has a history | G |
William Ernest Henley
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