Ballade Of A Friar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDEFGEG DEDEEGEG DEDEEGEG H EEGG| Clement Marot's Frere Lubin though translated by Longfellow and | A |
| others has not hitherto been rendered into the original measure | B |
| of ballade e double refrain | C |
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| Some ten or twenty times a day | D |
| To bustle to the town with speed | E |
| To dabble in what dirt he may | D |
| Le Frere Lubin's the man you need | E |
| But any sober life to lead | F |
| Upon an exemplary plan | G |
| Requires a Christian indeed | E |
| Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man | G |
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| Another's wealth on his to lay | D |
| With all the craft of guile and greed | E |
| To leave you bare of pence or pay | D |
| Le Frere Lubin's the man you need | E |
| But watch him with the closest heed | E |
| And dun him with what force you can | G |
| He'll not refund howe'er you plead | E |
| Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man | G |
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| An honest girl to lead astray | D |
| With subtle saw and promised meed | E |
| Requires no cunning crone and grey | D |
| Le Frere Lubin's the man you need | E |
| He preaches an ascetic creed | E |
| But try him with the water can | G |
| A dog will drink whate'er his breed | E |
| Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man | G |
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| ENVOY | H |
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| In good to fail in ill succeed | E |
| Le Frere Lubin's the man you need | E |
| In honest works to lead the van | G |
| Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man | G |
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