Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Vii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB DEFEE GDDDD BHIHH BJDJK GLMLL| When 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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