True Diffidence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBACBBC DEAAFDBGGB BDHHDBIJJI

My boy you may take it from meA
That of all the afflictions accurstB
With which a man's saddledB
And hampered and addledB
A diffident nature's the worstB
Though clever as clever can beA
A Crichton of early romanceC
You must stir it and stump itB
And blow your own trumpetB
Or trust me you haven't a chanceC
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Now take for example MY caseD
I've a bright intellectual brainE
In all London cityA
There's no one so wittyA
I've thought so again and againF
I've a highly intelligent faceD
My features cannot be deniedB
But whatever I try sirG
I fail in and why sirG
I'm modesty personifiedB
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As a poet I'm tender and quaintB
I've passion and fervour and graceD
From Ovid and HoraceH
To Swinburne and MorrisH
They all of them take a back placeD
Then I sing and I play and I paintB
Though none are accomplished as II
To say so were treasonJ
You ask me the reasonJ
I'm diffident modest and shyI

William Schwenck Gilbert



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