Speculation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HBHB| Comes a train of little ladies | A |
| From scholastic trammels free | B |
| Each a little bit afraid is | C |
| Wondering what the world can be | B |
| - | |
| Is it but a world of trouble | D |
| Sadness set to song | E |
| Is its beauty but a bubble | D |
| Bound to break ere long | E |
| - | |
| Are its palaces and pleasures | F |
| Fantasies that fade | G |
| And the glory of its treasures | F |
| Shadow of a shade | G |
| - | |
| Schoolgirls we eighteen and under | H |
| From scholastic trammels free | B |
| And we wonder how we wonder | H |
| What on earth the world can be | B |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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