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Everyday Characters Iv - My Partner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDEFEFGHGHDBBBI JBJ KLMLNBN ODO PQPQRSRSTGTG UCUCVDVDCDC FWFWCGCGGDGD WGWGDBDBNDN XBXBWLWLDYDY

'There is perhaps no subject of more universal interest in the whole range of natural knowledge than that of the unceasing fluctuations which take place in the atmosphere in which we are immersed 'A
British AlmanackB
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At Cheltenham where one drinks one's fillC
Of folly and cold waterD
I danced last year my first quadrilleC
With old Sir Geoffrey's daughterD
Her cheek with summer's rose might vieE
When summer's rose is newestF
Her eyes were blue as autumn's skyE
When autumn's sky is bluestF
And well my heart might deem her oneG
Of life's most precious flowersH
For half her thoughts were of its sunG
And half were of its showersH
I spoke of Novels 'Vivian Grey'D
Was positively charmingB
And 'Almacks' infinitely gayB
And 'Frankenstein' alarmingB
I said 'De Vere' was chastely toldI
Thought well of 'Herbert Lacy '-
Called Mr Banim's sketches 'bold '-
And Lady Morgan's 'racy '-
I vowed that last new thing of Hook'sJ
Was vastly entertainingB
And Laura said 'I doat on booksJ
Because it's always raining '-
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I talked of Music's gorgeous faneK
I raved about RossiniL
Hoped Ronzi would come back againM
And criticised PaciniL
I wished the chorus singers dumbN
The trumpets more pacificB
And eulogised Brocard's plombN
And voted Paul 'terrific '-
What cared she for Medea's prideO
Or Desdemona's sorrowD
'Alas ' my beauteous listener sighedO
'We must have rain to morrow '-
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I told her tales of other landsP
Of ever boiling fountainsQ
Of poisonous lakes and barren sandsP
Vast forests trackless mountainsQ
I painted bright Italian skiesR
I lauded Persian rosesS
Coined similes for Spanish eyesR
And jests for Indian nosesS
I laughed at Lisbon's love of massT
Vienna's dread of treasonG
And Laura asked me where the glassT
Stood at Madrid last seasonG
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I broached whate'er had gone its roundsU
The week before of scandalC
What made Sir Luke lay down his houndsU
And Jane take up her HandelC
Why Julia walked upon the heathV
With the pale moon above herD
Where Flora lost her false front teethV
And Anne her falser loverD
How Lord de B and Mrs LC
Had crossed the sea togetherD
My shuddering partner cried 'O CielC
How could they in such weather '-
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Was she a Blue I put my trustF
In strata petals gasesW
A boudoir pedant I discussedF
The toga and the fascesW
A Cockney Muse I mouthed a dealC
Of folly from EndymionG
A saint I praised the pious zealC
Of Messrs Way and SimeonG
A politician it was vainG
To quote the morning paperD
The horrid phantoms came againG
Rain Hail and Snow and VapourD
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Flat Flattery was my only chanceW
I acted deep devotionG
Found magic in her every glanceW
Grace in her every motionG
I wasted all a stripling's loreD
Prayer passion folly feelingB
And wildly looked upon the floorD
And wildly on the ceilingB
I envied gloves upon her armN
And shawls upon her shoulderD
And when my worship was most warmN
She 'never found it colder '-
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I don't object to wealth or landX
And she will have the givingB
Of an extremely pretty handX
Some thousands and a livingB
She makes silk purses broiders stoolsW
Sings sweetly dances finelyL
Paints screens subscribes to Sunday schoolsW
And sits a horse divinelyL
But to be linked for life to herD
The desperate man who tried itY
Might marry a BarometerD
And hang himself beside itY

Winthrop Mackworth Praed



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