Lady Jane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EAAA AFBB BDAA BBCG HIAI ACCB JIJD AACB KAC BLD AMNB ABJ BAB OCMB BMDB| Sapphics | A |
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| Down the green hill side fro' the castle window | B |
| Lady Jane spied Bill Amaranth a workin' | C |
| Day by day watched him go about his ample | D |
| Nursery garden | C |
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| Cabbages thriv'd there wi' a mort o' green stuff | E |
| Kidney beans broad beans onions tomatoes | A |
| Artichokes seakale vegetable marrows | A |
| Early potatoes | A |
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| Lady Jane cared not very much for all these | A |
| What she cared much for was a glimpse o' Willum | F |
| Strippin' his brown arms wi' a view to horti | B |
| Cultural effort | B |
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| Little guessed Willum never extra vain that | B |
| Up the green hill side i' the gloomy castle | D |
| Feminine eyes could so delight to view his | A |
| Noble proportions | A |
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| Only one day while in an innocent mood | B |
| Moppin' his brow 'cos 'twas a trifle sweaty | B |
| With a blue kerchief lo he spies a white 'un | C |
| Coyly responding | G |
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| Oh delightsome Love Not a jot do you care | H |
| For the restrictions set on human inter | I |
| course by cold blooded social refiners | A |
| Nor do I neither | I |
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| Day by day peepin' fro' behind the bean sticks | A |
| Willum observed that scrap o' white a wavin' | C |
| Till his hot sighs out growin' all repression | C |
| Busted his weskit | B |
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| Lady Jane's guardian was a haughty Peer who | J |
| Clung to old creeds and had a nasty temper | I |
| Can we blame Willum that he hardly cared to | J |
| Risk a refusal | D |
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| Year by year found him busy 'mid the bean sticks | A |
| Wholly uncertain how on earth to take steps | A |
| Thus for eighteen years he beheld the maiden | C |
| Wave fro' her window | B |
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| But the nineteenth spring i' the Castle post bag | K |
| Came by book post Bill's catalogue o' seedlings | A |
| Mark'd wi' blue ink at 'Paragraphs relatin' | C |
| Mainly to Pumpkins ' | - |
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| 'W A can ' so the Lady Jane read | B |
| 'Strongly commend that very noble Gourd the | L |
| Lady Jane first class medal ornamental | D |
| Grows to a great height ' | - |
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| Scarce a year arter by the scented hedgerows | A |
| Down the mown hill side fro' the castle gateway | M |
| Came a long train and i' the midst a black bier | N |
| Easily shouldered | B |
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| 'Whose is yon corse that thus adorned wi' gourd leaves | A |
| Forth ye bear with slow step ' A mourner answer'd | B |
| ''Tis the poor clay cold body Lady Jane grew | J |
| Tired to abide in ' | - |
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| 'Delve my grave quick then for I die to morrow | B |
| Delve it one furlong fro' the kidney bean sticks | A |
| Where I may dream she's goin' on precisely | B |
| As she was used to ' | - |
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| Hardly died Bill when fro' the Lady Jane's grave | O |
| Crept to his white death bed a lovely pumpkin | C |
| Climb'd the house wall and over arched his head wi' | M |
| Billowy verdure | B |
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| Simple this tale but delicately perfumed | B |
| As the sweet roadside honeysuckle That's why | M |
| Difficult though its metre was to tackle | D |
| I'm glad I wrote it | B |
Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
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