The King's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB CBCB FBFB GBHB IBIB JBJB JBJB JBJB JBJB JBJB JBJB| WE WERE ten maidens in the green corn | A |
| Small red leaves in the mill water | B |
| Fairer maidens never were born | A |
| Apples of gold for the king s daughter | B |
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| We were ten maidens by a well head | C |
| Small white birds in the mill water | B |
| Sweeter maidens never were wed | C |
| Rings of red for the king s daughter | B |
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| The first to spin the second to sing | D |
| Seeds of wheat in the mill water | B |
| The third may was a goodly thing | D |
| White bread and brown for the king s daughter | B |
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| The fourth to sew and the fifth to play | E |
| Fair green weed in the mill water | B |
| The sixth may was a goodly may | E |
| White wine and red for the king s daughter | B |
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| The seventh to woo the eighth to wed | C |
| Fair thin reeds in the mill water | B |
| The ninth had gold work on her head | C |
| Honey in the comb for the king s daughter | B |
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| The ninth had gold work round her hair | F |
| Fallen flowers in the mill water | B |
| The tenth may was goodly and fair | F |
| Golden gloves for the king s daughter | B |
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| We were ten maidens in a field green | G |
| Fallen fruit in the mill water | B |
| Fairer maidens never have been | H |
| Golden sleeves for the king s daughter | B |
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| By there comes the king s young son | I |
| A little wind in the mill water | B |
| Out of ten maidens ye ll grant me one | I |
| A crown of red for the king s daughter | B |
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| Out of ten mays ye ll give me the best | J |
| A little rain in the mill water | B |
| A bed of yellow straw for all the rest | J |
| A bed of gold for the king s daughter | B |
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| He s ta en out the goodliest | J |
| Rain that rains in the mill water | B |
| A comb of yellow shell for all the rest | J |
| A comb of gold for the king s daughter | B |
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| He s made her bed to the goodliest | J |
| Wind and hail in the mill water | B |
| A grass girdle for all the rest | J |
| A girdle of arms for the king s daughter | B |
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| He s set his heart to the goodliest | J |
| Snow that snows in the mill water | B |
| Nine little kisses for all the rest | J |
| An hundredfold for the king s daughter | B |
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| He s ta en his leave at the goodliest | J |
| Broken boats in the mill water | B |
| Golden gifts for all the rest | J |
| Sorrow of heart for the king s daughter | B |
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| Ye ll make a grave for my fair body | J |
| Running rain in the mill water | B |
| And ye ll streek my brother at the side of me | J |
| The pains of hell for the king s daughter | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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