The Tyneside Widow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEBFDBEBGDBCBHDB EBEDBEBIDBEBJDBKBLDB MBIDBMBNDBNBEDBKBODB DBPDBMBIDBMBIDBThere's mony a man loves land and life | A |
Loves life and land and fee | B |
And mony a man loves fair women | C |
But never a man loves me my love | D |
But never a man loves me | B |
O weel and weel for a' lovers | E |
I wot weel may they be | B |
And weel and weel for a' fair maidens | F |
But aye mair woe for me my love | D |
But aye mair woe for me | B |
O weel be wi' you ye sma' flowers | E |
Ye flowers and every tree | B |
And weel be wi' you a' birdies | G |
But teen and tears wi' me my love | D |
But teen and tears wi' me | B |
O weel be yours my three brethren | C |
And ever weel be ye | B |
Wi' deeds for doing and loves for wooing | H |
But never a love for me my love | D |
But never a love for me | B |
And weel be yours my seven sisters | E |
And good love days to see | B |
And long life days and true lovers | E |
But never a day for me my love | D |
But never a day for me | B |
Good times wi' you ye bauld riders | E |
By the hieland and the lee | B |
And by the leeland and by the hieland | I |
It's weary times wi' me my love | D |
It's weary times wi' me | B |
Good days wi' you ye good sailors | E |
Sail in and out the sea | B |
And by the beaches and by the reaches | J |
It's heavy days wi' me my love | D |
It's heavy days wi' me | B |
I had his kiss upon my mouth | K |
His bairn upon my knee | B |
I would my soul and body were twain | L |
And the bairn and the kiss wi' me my love | D |
And the bairn and the kiss wi' me | B |
The bairn down in the mools my dear | M |
O saft and saft lies she | B |
I would the mools were ower my head | I |
And the young bairn fast wi' me my love | D |
And the young bairn fast wi' me | B |
The father under the faem my dear | M |
O sound and sound sleeps he | B |
I would the faem were ower my face | N |
And the father lay by me my love | D |
And the father lay by me | B |
I would the faem were ower my face | N |
Or the mools on my ee bree | B |
And waking time with a' lovers | E |
But sleeping time wi' me my love | D |
But sleeping time wi' me | B |
I would the mools were meat in my mouth | K |
The saut faem in my ee | B |
And the land worm and the water worm | O |
To feed fu' sweet on me my love | D |
To feed fu' sweet on me | B |
My life is sealed with a seal of love | D |
And locked with love for a key | B |
And I lie wrang and I wake lang | P |
But ye tak' nae thought for me my love | D |
But ye tak' nae thought for me | B |
We were weel fain of love my dear | M |
O fain and fain were we | B |
It was weel with a' the weary world | I |
But O sae weel wi' me my love | D |
But O sae weel wi' me | B |
We were nane ower mony to sleep my dear | M |
I wot we were but three | B |
And never a bed in the weary world | I |
For my bairn and my dear and me my love | D |
For my bairn and my dear and me | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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