The Village Green Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG HEHI JAJA| ON the cheerful village green | A |
| Skirted round with houses small | B |
| All the boys and girls are seen | A |
| Playing there with hoop and ball | B |
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| Now they frolic hand in hand | C |
| Making many a merry chain | D |
| Then they form a warlike band | C |
| Marching o'er the level plain | D |
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| Now ascends the worsted ball | B |
| High it rises in the air | E |
| Or against the cottage wall | B |
| Up and down it bounces there | E |
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| Then the hoop with even pace | F |
| Runs before the merry throngs | G |
| Joy is seen in every face | F |
| Joy is heard in cheerful songs | G |
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| Rich array and mansions proud | H |
| Gilded toys and costly fare | E |
| Would not make the little crowd | H |
| Half so happy as they are | I |
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| Then contented with my state | J |
| Where true pleasure may be seen | A |
| Let me envy not the great | J |
| On a cheerful village green | A |
Ann Taylor
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