Woman And The Weed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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FOUNDED ON A NEW ZEALAND MYTHA
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In the Morning of Time when his fortunes beganB
How bleak how un Greek was the Nature of ManB
From his wigwam if ever he ventured to roamC
There was nobody waiting to welcome him homeC
For the Man had been made but the woman had NOTD
And Earth was a highly detestable spotD
Man hated his neighbours they met and they scowledE
They did not converse but they struggled and howledE
For Man had no tact he would ne'er take a hintF
And his notions he backed with a hatchet of flintF
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So Man was alone and he wished he could seeG
On the Earth some one like him but fairer than heG
With locks like the red gold a smile like the sunH
To welcome him back when his hunting was doneH
And he sighed for a voice that should answer him stillI
Like the affable Echo he heard on the hillI
That should answer him softly and always agreeG
AND OH Man reflected HOW NICE IT WOULD BEG
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So he prayed to the Gods and they stooped to his prayerJ
And they spoke to the Sun on his way through the airJ
And he married the Echo one fortunate mornK
And Woman their beautiful daughter was bornK
The daughter of Sunshine and Echo she cameL
With a voice like a song with a face like a flameL
With a face like a flame and a voice like a songM
And happy was Man but it was not for longM
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For weather's a painfully changeable thingN
Not always the child of the Echo would singN
And the face of the Sun may be hidden with mistO
And his child can be terribly cross if she listO
And unfortunate Man had to learn with surpriseP
That a frown's not peculiar to masculine eyesP
That the sweetest of voices can scold and can sneerQ
And cannot be answered like men with a spearQ
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So Man went and called to the Gods in his woeR
And they answered him 'Sir you would needs have it soR
And the thing must go on as the thing has begunH
She's immortal your child of the Echo and SunH
But we'll send you another and fairer is sheG
This maiden with locks that are flowing and freeG
This maiden so gentle so kind and so fairJ
With a flower like a star in the night of her hairJ
With her eyes like the smoke that is misty and blueS
With her heart that is heavenly and tender and trueS
She will die in the night but no need you should mournK
You shall bury her body and thence shall be bornK
A weed that is green that is fragrant and fairJ
With a flower like the star in the night of her hairJ
And the leaves must ye burn till they offer to youS
Soft smoke like her eyes that are misty and blueS
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'And the smoke shall ye breathe and no more shall ye fretT
But the child of the Echo and Sun shall forgetT
Shall forget all the trouble and torment she bringsU
Shall bethink ye of none but delectable thingsU
And the sound of the wars with your brethren shall ceaseV
While ye smoke by the camp fire the great pipe of peace '-
So the last state of Man was by no means the worstW
The second gift softened the sting of the firstW
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Nor the child of the Echo and Sun doth he heedX
When he dreams with the Maid that was changed to the weedX
Though the Echo be silent the Sun in a mistO
The Maid is the fairest that ever was kissedO
And when tempests are over and ended the rainY
And the child of the Sunshine is sunny againZ
He comes back glad at heart and again is at oneH
With the changeable child of the Echo and SunH

Andrew Lang



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