The Knight And The Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF FFFH GGGG FHFH IGIG JGJG FGF KFKK ILI GGGG KGK FFFF MNMN FOFO PGQG FFF JFNF GHGH| There's in the Vest a city pleasant | A |
| To vich King Bladud gev his name | B |
| And in that city there's a Crescent | A |
| Vere dwelt a noble knight of fame | B |
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| Although that galliant knight is oldish | C |
| Although Sir John as gray gray air | D |
| Hage has not made his busum coldish | C |
| His Art still beats tewodds the Fair | D |
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| 'Twas two years sins this knight so splendid | E |
| Peraps fateagued with Bath's routines | F |
| To Paris towne his phootsteps bended | G |
| In sutch of gayer folks and seans | F |
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| His and was free his means was easy | F |
| A nobler finer gent than he | F |
| Ne'er drove about the Shons Eleesy | F |
| Or paced the Roo de Rivolee | H |
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| A brougham and pair Sir John prowided | G |
| In which abroad he loved to ride | G |
| But ar he most of all enjyed it | G |
| When some one helse was sittin' inside | G |
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| That 'some one helse' a lovely dame was | F |
| Dear ladies you will heasy tell | H |
| Countess Grabrowski her sweet name was | F |
| A noble title ard to spell | H |
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| This faymus Countess ad a daughter | I |
| Of lovely form and tender art | G |
| A nobleman in marridge sought her | I |
| By name the Baron of Saint Bart | G |
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| Their pashn touched the noble Sir John | J |
| It was so pewer and profound | G |
| Lady Grabrowski he did urge on | J |
| With Hyming's wreeth their loves to crownd | G |
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| 'O come to Bath to Lansdowne Crescent ' | - |
| Says kind Sir John 'and live with me | F |
| The living there's uncommon pleasant | G |
| I'm sure you'll find the hair agree | F |
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| 'O come to Bath my fair Grabrowski | K |
| And bring your charming girl ' sezee | F |
| 'The Barring here shall have the ouse key | K |
| Vith breakfast dinner lunch and tea | K |
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| 'And when they've passed an appy winter | I |
| Their opes and loves no more we'll bar | L |
| The marridge vow they'll enter inter | I |
| And I at church will be their Par ' | - |
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| To Bath they went to Lansdowne Crescent | G |
| Where good Sir John he did provide | G |
| No end of teas and balls incessant | G |
| And hosses both to drive and ride | G |
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| He was so Ospitably busy | K |
| When Miss was late he'd make so bold | G |
| Upstairs to call out 'Missy Missy | K |
| Come down the coffy's getting cold ' | - |
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| But O 'tis sadd to think such bounties | F |
| Should meet with such return as this | F |
| O Barring of Saint Bart O Countess | F |
| Grabrowski and O cruel Miss | F |
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| He married you at Bath's fair Habby | M |
| Saint Bart he treated like a son | N |
| And wasn't it uncommon shabby | M |
| To do what you have went and done | N |
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| My trembling And amost refewses | F |
| To write the charge which Sir John swore | O |
| Of which the Countess he ecuses | F |
| Her daughter and her son in lore | O |
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| My Mews quite blushes as she sings of | P |
| The fatle charge which now I quote | G |
| He says Miss took his two best rings off | Q |
| And pawned 'em for a tenpun note | G |
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| 'Is this the child of honest parince | F |
| To make away with folks' best things | F |
| Is this pray like the wives of Barrins | F |
| To go and prig a gentleman's rings ' | - |
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| Thus thought Sir John by anger wrought on | J |
| And to rewenge his injured cause | F |
| He brought them hup to Mr Broughton | N |
| Last Vensday veek as ever waws | F |
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| If guiltless how she have been slandered | G |
| If guilty wengeance will not fail | H |
| Meanwhile the lady is remanded | G |
| And gev three hundred pouns in bail | H |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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