An Appeal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDED FDGDBHBH| Oh is there not one maiden breast | A |
| Which does not feel the moral beauty | B |
| Of making worldly interest | C |
| Subordinate to sense of duty | B |
| Who would not give up willingly | B |
| All matrimonial ambition | D |
| To rescue such a one as I | E |
| From his unfortunate position | D |
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| Oh is there not one maiden here | F |
| Whose homely face and bad complexion | D |
| Have caused all hopes to disappear | G |
| Of ever winning man's affection | D |
| To such a one if such there be | B |
| I swear by heaven's arch above you | H |
| If you will cast your eyes on me | B |
| However plain you be I'll love you | H |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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