Ballade Of Yule Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBBB ABABBBBB ABABBB B D DDDD| This life's most jolly Amiens said | A |
| Heigh ho the Holly So sang he | B |
| As the good Duke was comforted | C |
| In forest exile so may we | B |
| The years may darken as they flee | B |
| And Christmas bring his melancholy | B |
| But round the old mahogany tree | B |
| We drink we sing Heigh ho the Holly | B |
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| Though some are dead and some are fled | A |
| To lands of summer over sea | B |
| The holly berry keeps his red | A |
| The merry children keep their glee | B |
| They hoard with artless secresy | B |
| This gift for Maude and that for Molly | B |
| And Santa Claus he turns the key | B |
| On Christmas Eve Heigh ho the Holly | B |
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| Amid the snow the birds are fed | A |
| The snow lies deep on lawn and lea | B |
| The skies are shining overhead | A |
| The robin's tame that was so free | B |
| Far North at home the 'barley bree' | B |
| They brew they give the hour to folly | B |
| How 'Rab and Allan cam to pree ' | - |
| They sing we sing Heigh ho the Holly | B |
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| ENVOI | D |
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| Friend let us pay the wonted fee | D |
| The yearly tithe of mirth be jolly | D |
| It is a duty so to be | D |
| Though half we sigh Heigh ho the Holly | D |
Andrew Lang
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