The King's Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB AAAA ACAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK AAKA LHLH MNMO PEPE| Daughter daughter marry no man | A |
| Though a king's son come to woo | B |
| If he be not more than blessing or ban | A |
| To the secret soul of you | B |
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| 'Tis the King's son indeed I ween | A |
| And he left me even but now | A |
| And he shall make me a dazzling queen | A |
| With a gold crown on my brow | A |
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| And are you one that a golden crown | A |
| Or the lust of a name can lure | C |
| You had better wed with a country clown | A |
| And keep your young heart pure | C |
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| Mother the King has sworn and said | D |
| That his son shall wed but me | E |
| And I must gang to the prince's bed | D |
| Or a traitor I shall be | E |
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| Oh what care you for an old man's wrath | F |
| Or what care you for a king | G |
| I had rather you fled on an outlaw's path | F |
| A rebel a hunted thing | G |
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| Mother it is my father's will | H |
| For the King has promised him fair | I |
| A goodly earldom of hollow and hill | H |
| And a coronet to wear | I |
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| Then woe is worth a father's name | J |
| For it names your dourest foe | K |
| I had rather you came the child of shame | J |
| Than to have you fathered so | K |
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| Mother I shall have gold enow | A |
| Though love be never mine | A |
| To buy all else that the world can show | K |
| Of good and fair and fine | A |
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| Oh what care you for a prince's gold | L |
| Or the key of a kingdom's till | H |
| I had rather see you a harlot bold | L |
| That sins of her own free will | H |
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| For I have been wife for the stomach's sake | M |
| And I know whereof I say | N |
| A harlot is sold for a passing slake | M |
| But a wife is sold for aye | O |
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| Body and soul for a lifetime sell | P |
| And the price of the sale shall be | E |
| That you shall be harlot and slave as well | P |
| Until Death set you free | E |
Bliss Carman (william)
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