Rondeau · Love
Jenny Kissed Me
by Leigh Hunt · 1838
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Jenny Kissed Me
- Poet
- Leigh Hunt
- Published
- 1838
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Rondeau, Short Poems
- Themes
- Love, Happiness, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 8 lines · one 8-line stanza
- End rhyme
- ABABCDCD.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Leigh Hunt1784–1859
- Source record
- WikisourceJenny Kissed Me by leigh-hunt, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1838
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 3c3f59b88bffceda…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.