Would You Know? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEAAB DBDBFFDDEAAB| Would you know the kind of maid | A |
| Sets my heart a flame a | B |
| Eyes must be downcast and staid | A |
| Cheeks must flush for shame a | B |
| She may neither dance nor sing | C |
| But demure in everything | C |
| Hang her head in modest way | D |
| With pouting lips that seem to say | D |
| quot Kiss me kiss me kiss me kiss me | E |
| Though I die of shame a quot | A |
| Please you that's the kind of maid | A |
| Sets my heart a flame a | B |
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| When a maid is bold and gay | D |
| With a tongue goes clang a | B |
| Flaunting it in brave array | D |
| Maiden may go hang a | B |
| Sunflower gay and hollyhock | F |
| Never shall my garden stock | F |
| Mine the blushing rose of May | D |
| With pouting lips that seem to say | D |
| quot Oh kiss me kiss me kiss me kiss me | E |
| Though I die for shame a quot | A |
| Please you that's the kind of maid | A |
| Sets my heart a flame a | B |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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