The Nobleman's Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GHGH IJKJ LMAM JNOP| Once I was at a nobleman's wedding | A |
| 'Twas of a girl that proved unkind | B |
| But now she begins to think of her losses | C |
| Her former true lover still runs in her mind | B |
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| Here is the token of gold that was broken | D |
| Seven long years love I have kept it for your sake | E |
| You gave to me as a true lover's token | D |
| No longer with me love it shall remain | F |
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| The bride she sat at the head of the table | G |
| The words he said she marked them right well | H |
| To sit any longer she was not able | G |
| And down at the bridegroom's feet she fell | H |
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| One request I do make of you | I |
| And I hope you will grant it to me | J |
| To lie this night in the arms of my mother | K |
| And ever after to lie with thee | J |
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| No sooner asked than it was granted | L |
| With tears in her eyes she went to bed | M |
| And early early the very next morning | A |
| He rose and found that this young bride was dead | M |
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| He took her up in his arms so softly | J |
| And carried her to the meadow so green | N |
| And covered her over with green leaves and laurels | O |
| Thinking she might come to life again | P |
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