The Shepherd Piping To The Fishes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDECD FGFFG HIHJI KLKML NONNP QRQQR STSST| A Shepherd seeking with his Lass | A |
| To shun the Heat of Day | B |
| Was seated on the shadow'd Grass | A |
| Near which a flowing Stream did pass | A |
| And Fish within it play | B |
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| The Phillis he an Angle gave | C |
| And bid her toss the Line | D |
| For sure quoth he each Fish must have | E |
| Who do's not seek to be thy Slave | C |
| A harder Heart than mine | D |
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| Assemble here you watry Race | F |
| Transportedly he cries | G |
| And if when you behold her Face | F |
| You e'er desire to quit the Place | F |
| You see not with my Eyes | G |
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| But you perhaps are by the Ear | H |
| More easie to be caught | I |
| If so I have my Bagpipe here | H |
| The only Musick that's not dear | J |
| Nor in great Cities bought | I |
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| So sprightly was the Tune he chose | K |
| And often did repeat | L |
| That Phillis tho' not up she rose | K |
| Kept time with every thrilling Close | M |
| And jigg'd upon her Seat | L |
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| But not a Fish wou'd nearer draw | N |
| No Harmony or Charms | O |
| Their frozen Blood it seems cou'd thaw | N |
| Nor all they heard nor all they saw | N |
| Cou'd woo them to such Terms | P |
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| The angry Shepherd in a Pett | Q |
| Gives o'er his wheedling Arts | R |
| And from his Shoulder throws the Net | Q |
| Resolv'd he wou'd a Supper get | Q |
| By Force if not by Parts | R |
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| Thus stated Laws are always best | S |
| To rule the vulgar Throng | T |
| Who grow more Stubborn when Carest | S |
| Or with soft Rhetorick addrest | S |
| If taking Measures wrong | T |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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