A Paraphrase III
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
How happens it, my cruel miss,
You're always giving me the mitten?
You seem to have forgotten this:
That you no longer are a kitten!
A woman that has reached the years
Of that which people call discretion
Should put aside all childish fears
And see in courtship no transgression.
A mother's solace may be sweet,
But Hymen's tenderness is sweeter;
And though all virile love be meet,
You'll find the poet's love is metre.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CBCB DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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