Sir Walter (Revised)
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant 1864 (Bridgwater, Somerset) – 1902 (Pretoria)
0 woman, in man's hour of ease
And plenty, how you strive to please!
To win his heart - and purse - you try
With ogle, whisper, smile, and sigh.
But when he's short of cash, you find,
You change your tactics and your mind;
And from a fellow lacking 'oof'
You deem it well to hold aloof -
Tip-tilt your nose and curve your lip,
And let the impecunious R.I.P.,
To find some other, wealthier, new man:
All this you do because - you're Woman.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 435 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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