A Recipe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABCDCCDCCBB EFBEFBGCHICHBBTake a pair of sparkling eyes | A |
Hidden ever and anon | B |
In a merciful eclipse | C |
Do not heed their mild surprise | A |
Having passed the Rubicon | B |
Take a pair of rosy lips | C |
Take a figure trimly planned | D |
Such as admiration whets | C |
Be particular in this | C |
Take a tender little hand | D |
Fringed with dainty fingerettes | C |
Press it in parenthesis | C |
Take all these you lucky man | B |
Take and keep them if you can | B |
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Take a pretty little cot | E |
Quite a miniature affair | F |
Hung about with trellised vine | B |
Furnish it upon the spot | E |
With the treasures rich and rare | F |
I've endeavoured to define | B |
Live to love and love to live | G |
You will ripen at your ease | C |
Growing on the sunny side | H |
Fate has nothing more to give | I |
You're a dainty man to please | C |
If you are not satisfied | H |
Take my counsel happy man | B |
Act upon it if you can | B |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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