Bredon Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFGFF HIJII HKEKK LAMAA MMHMM ANJNN| In summertime on Bredon | A |
| The bells they sound so clear | B |
| Round both the shires the ring them | C |
| In steeples far and near | B |
| A happy noise to hear | D |
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| Here of a Sunday morning | E |
| My love and I would lie | F |
| And see the coloured counties | G |
| And hear the larks so high | F |
| About us in the sky | F |
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| The bells would ring to call her | H |
| In valleys miles away | I |
| Come all to church good people | J |
| Good people come and pray | I |
| But here my love would stay | I |
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| And I would turn and answer | H |
| Among the springing thyme | K |
| Oh peal upon our wedding | E |
| And we will hear the chime | K |
| And come to church in time | K |
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| But when the snows at Christmas | L |
| On Bredon top were strown | A |
| My love rose up so early | M |
| And stole out unbeknown | A |
| And went to church alone | A |
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| They tolled the one bell only | M |
| Groom there was none to see | M |
| The mourners followed after | H |
| And so to church went she | M |
| And would not wait for me | M |
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| The bells they sound on Bredon | A |
| And still the steeples hum | N |
| Come all to church good people | J |
| Oh noisy bells be dumb | N |
| I hear you I will come | N |
A. E. Housman
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