Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGB H IBIB IBBB BBBB JBJB| The auld wife sat at her ivied door | A |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| A thing she had frequently done before | A |
| And her spectacles lay on her apron'd knees | B |
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| The piper he piped on the hill top high | C |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| Till the cow said I die and the goose ask'd Why | C |
| And the dog said nothing but search'd for fleas | B |
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| The farmer he strode through the square farmyard | D |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| His last brew of ale was a trifle hard | D |
| The connexion of which with the plot one sees | B |
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| The farmer's daughter hath frank blue eyes | E |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| She hears the rooks caw in the windy skies | E |
| As she sits at her lattice and shells her peas | B |
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| The farmer's daughter hath ripe red lips | F |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| If you try to approach her away she skips | F |
| Over tables and chairs with apparent ease | B |
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| The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair | G |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| And I met with a ballad I can't say where | G |
| Which wholly consisted of lines like these | B |
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| PART II | H |
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| She sat with her hands 'neath her dimpled cheeks | I |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| And spake not a word While a lady speaks | I |
| There is hope but she didn't even sneeze | B |
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| She sat with her hands 'neath her crimson cheeks | I |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| She gave up mending her father's breeks | B |
| And let the cat roll in her new chemise | B |
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| She sat with her hands 'neath her burning cheeks | B |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| And gazed at the piper for thirteen weeks | B |
| Then she follow'd him out o'er the misty leas | B |
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| Her sheep follow'd her as their tails did them | J |
| Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese | B |
| And this song is consider'd a perfect gem | J |
| And as to the meaning it's what you please | B |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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