The Almack-s Adieu Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFHIEJE KFIDFEFE HLHLIEIE| Your Fanny was never false hearted | A |
| And this she protests and she vows | B |
| From the triste moment when we parted | A |
| On the staircase of Devonshire House | C |
| I blushed when you asked me to marry | D |
| I vowed I would never forget | E |
| And at parting I gave my dear Harry | D |
| A beautiful vinegarette | E |
| - | |
| We spent en province all December | F |
| And I ne'er condescended to look | G |
| At Sir Charles or the rich county member | F |
| Or even at that darling old Duke | H |
| You were busy with dogs and with horses | I |
| Alone in my chamber I sat | E |
| And made you the nicest of purses | J |
| And the smartest black satin cravat | E |
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| At night with that vile Lady Frances | K |
| Je faisois moi tapisserie | F |
| You danced every one of the dances | I |
| And never once thought of poor me | D |
| Mon pauvre petit coeur what a shiver | F |
| I felt as she danced the last set | E |
| And you gave O mon Dieu to revive her | F |
| My beautiful vinegarette | E |
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| Return love away with coquetting | H |
| This flirting disgraces a man | L |
| And ah all the while you're forgetting | H |
| The heart of your poor little Fan | L |
| Reviens break away from those Circes | I |
| Reviens for a nice little chat | E |
| And I've made you the sweetest of purses | I |
| And a lovely black satin cravat | E |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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