The Woodman-s Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEFGFHFIJKJDJLD MDHDNODOPOQRSRTRUVWV XVYCSCZCA2B2C2B2D2B2 E2F2G2F2H2F2F2F2F2F2 C2F2F2I2J2I2K2I2JF2L 2F2M2F2JC2N2C2F2C2F2 F2C2F2O2F2JGC2GF2GF2 C2C2C2P2C2Q2JF2R2S2R 2F2F2J2F2I2F2

In Gerald's Cottage by the hillA
Old Gerald and his childB
Innocent Maud dwelt happilyC
He toil'd and she beguiledB
The long day at her spinning wheelD
In the garden now grown wildB
At Gerald's stroke the jay awokeE
Till noon hack follow'd hackF
Before the nearest hill had timeG
To give its echo backF
And evening mists were in the laneH
Ere Gerald's arm grew slackF
Meanwhile below the scented heapsI
Of honeysuckle flowerJ
That made their simple cottage porchK
A cool luxurious bowerJ
Maud sat beside her spinning wheelD
And spun from hour to hourJ
The growing thread thro' her fingers spedL
Round flew the polish'd wheelD
Merrily rang the notes she sangM
At every finish'd reelD
From the hill again like a glad refrainH
Follow'd the rapid pealD
But all is changed The rusting axeN
Reddens a wither'd boughO
A spider spins in the spinning wheelD
And Maud sings wildly nowO
And village gossips say she knowsP
Grief she may not avowO
Her secret's this In the sweet ageQ
When heaven's our side the larkR
She follow'd her old father whereS
He work'd from dawn to darkR
For months to thin the crowded grovesT
Of the old manorial ParkR
She fancied and he felt she help'dU
And whilst he hack'd and saw'dV
The rich Squire's son a young boy thenW
Whole mornings as if awedV
Stood silent by and gazed in turnX
At Gerald and on MaudV
And sometimes in a sullen toneY
He offer'd fruits and sheC
Received them always with an airS
So unreserved and freeC
That shame faced distance soon becameZ
FamiliarityC
Therefore in time when Gerald shookA2
The woods no longer coyB2
The young heir and the cottage girlC2
Would steal out to enjoyB2
The sound of one another's talkD2
A simple girl and boyB2
Spring after Spring they took their walksE2
Uncheck'd unquestion'd yetF2
They learn'd to hide their wanderingsG2
By wood and rivuletF2
Because they could not give themselvesH2
A reason why they metF2
Once Maud came weeping back Poor ChildF2
Was all her father saidF2
And he would steady his old handF2
Upon her hapless headF2
And think of her as tranquillyC2
As if the child were deadF2
But he is gone and Maud steals outF2
This gentle day of JuneI2
And having sobb'd her pain to sleepJ2
Help'd by the stream's soft tuneI2
She rests along the willow trunkK2
Below the calm blue noonI2
The shadow of her shame and herJ
Deep in the stream beholdF2
Smiles quake over her parted lipsL2
Some thought has made her boldF2
She stoops to dip her fingers inM2
To feel if it be coldF2
'Tis soft and warm and runs as 'twereJ
Perpetually at playC2
But then the stream she recollectsN2
Bears everything awayC2
There is a dull pool hard at handF2
That sleeps both night and dayC2
She marks the closing weeds that shutF2
The water from her sightF2
They stir awhile but now are stillC2
Her arms fall down the lightF2
Is horrible and her countenanceO2
Is pale as a cloud at nightF2
Merrily now from the small church towerJ
Clashes a noisy chimeG
The larks climb up thro' the heavenly blueC2
Carolling as they climbG
Is it the twisting water eftF2
That dimples the green slimeG
The pool reflects the scarlet WestF2
With a hot and guilty glowC2
The East is changing ashy paleC2
But Maud will never goC2
While those great bubbles struggle upP2
From the rotting weeds belowC2
The light has changed A little sinceQ2
You scarcely might descryJ
The moon now gleaming sharp and brightF2
From the small cloud slumbering nighR2
And one by one the timid starsS2
Step out into the skyR2
The night blackens the pool but MaudF2
Is constant at her postF2
Sunk in a dread unnatural sleepJ2
Beneath the skiey hostF2
Of drifting mists thro' which the moonI2
Is riding like a ghostF2

Coventry Patmore



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