Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Vii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB DEFEE GDDDD BHIHH BJDJK GLMLLWhen smoke stood up from Ludlow | A |
And mist blew off from Teme | B |
And blithe afield to ploughing | C |
Against the morning beam | B |
I strode beside my team | B |
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The blackbird in the coppice | D |
Looked out to see me stride | E |
And hearkened as I whistled | F |
The tramping team beside | E |
And fluted and replied | E |
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Lie down lie down young yeoman | G |
What use to rise and rise | D |
Rise man a thousand mornings | D |
Yet down at last he lies | D |
And then the man is wise | D |
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I heard the tune he sang me | B |
And spied his yellow bill | H |
I picked a stone and aimed it | I |
And threw it with a will | H |
Then the bird was still | H |
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Then my soul within me | B |
Took up the blackbird's strain | J |
And still beside the horses | D |
Along the dewy lane | J |
It Sang the song again | K |
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Lie down lie down young yeoman | G |
The sun moves always west | L |
The road one treads to labour | M |
Will lead one home to rest | L |
And that will be the best | L |
Alfred Edward Housman
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