Wapping Old Stairs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFGHHI| 'Your Molly has never been false she declares | A |
| Since the last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs | A |
| When I said that I would continue the same | B |
| And I gave you the 'bacco box marked with my name | B |
| When I passed a whole fortnight between decks with you | C |
| Did I e'er give a kiss Tom to one of your crew | C |
| To be useful and kind to my Thomas I stay'd | D |
| For his trousers I washed and his grog too I made | D |
| - | |
| Though you promised last Sunday to walk in the Mall | E |
| With Susan from Deptford and likewise with Sall | E |
| In silence I stood your unkindness to hear | F |
| And only upbraided my Tom with a tear | G |
| Why should Sall or should Susan than me be more prized | H |
| For the heart that is true Tom should ne'er be despised | H |
| Then be constant and kind nor your Molly forsake | I |
| Still your trousers I'll wash and your grog too I'll make ' | - |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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