The Lambs Of Grasmere, 1860 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIJKLMN OPQPRSTS UVWVXMYZThe upland flocks grew starved and thinned | A |
Their shepherds scarce could feed the lambs | B |
Whose milkless mothers butted them | C |
Or who were orphaned of their dams | B |
The lambs athirst for mother's milk | D |
Filled all the place with piteous sounds | E |
Their mothers' bones made white for miles | F |
The pastureless wet pasture grounds | E |
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Day after day night after night | G |
From lamb to lamb the shepherds went | H |
With teapots for the bleating mouths | I |
Instead of nature's nourishment | J |
The little shivering gaping things | K |
Soon knew the step that brought them aid | L |
And fondled the protecting hand | M |
And rubbed it with a woolly head | N |
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Then as the days waxed on to weeks | O |
It was a pretty sight to see | P |
These lambs with frisky heads and tails | Q |
Skipping and leaping on the lea | P |
Bleating in tender trustful tones | R |
Resting on rocky crag or mound | S |
And following the beloved feet | T |
That once had sought for them and found | S |
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These very shepherds of their flocks | U |
These loving lambs so meek to please | V |
Are worthy of recording words | W |
And honor in their due degrees | V |
So I might live a hundred years | X |
And roam from strand to foreign strand | M |
Yet not forget this flooded spring | Y |
And scarce saved lambs of Westmoreland | Z |
Christina Rossetti
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