Dennis Shand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHBHIBEBJKBK GLMLNOPOQLRLESTUEVWV DXLXHLNLYZXZA2B2HC2D 2B2E2C2F2G2H2G2VLILI 2J2K2J2L2NM2NTHE shadows fall along the wall | A |
It's night at Haye la Serre | B |
The maidens weave since day grew eve | C |
The lady's in her chair | B |
O passing slow the long hours go | D |
With time to think and sigh | E |
When weary maidens weave beneath | F |
A listless lady's eye | E |
It's two days that Earl Simon's gone | G |
And it's the second night | H |
At Haye la Serre the lady's fair | B |
In June the moon is light | H |
O it's Maids ye'll wake till I come back | I |
And the hound's i' the lady's chair | B |
No shuttles fly the work stands by | E |
It's play at Haye la Serre | B |
The night is worn the lamp's forlorn | J |
The shadows waste and fail | K |
There's morning air at Haye la Serre | B |
The watching maids look pale | K |
O all unmarked the birds at dawn | G |
Where drowsy maidens be | L |
But heard too soon the lark's first tune | M |
Beneath the trysting tree | L |
Hold me thy hand sweet Dennis Shand | N |
Says the Lady Joan de Haye | O |
That thou to morrow do forget | P |
To day and yesterday | O |
For many a weary month to come | Q |
My lord keeps house with me | L |
And sighing summer must lie cold | R |
In winter's company | L |
And many an hour I'll pass thee by | E |
And see thee and be seen | S |
Yet not a glance must tell by chance | T |
How sweet these hours have been | U |
We've all to fear there's Maud the spy | E |
There's Ann whose face I scor'd | V |
There's Blanch tells Huot everything | W |
And Huot loves my lord | V |
But O and it's my Dennis 'll know | D |
When my eyes look weary dim | X |
Who finds the gold for his girdle fee | L |
And who keeps love for him | X |
The morrow's come and the morrow night | H |
It's feast at Haye la Serre | L |
And Dennis Shand the cup must hand | N |
Beside Earl Simon's chair | L |
And still when the high pouring's done | Y |
And cup and flagon clink | Z |
Till his lady's lips have touched the brim | X |
Earl Simon will not drink | Z |
But it's Joan my wife Earl Simon says | A2 |
Your maids are white and wan | B2 |
And it's O she says they've watched the night | H |
With Maud's sick sister Ann | C2 |
But it's Lady Joan and Joan my bird | D2 |
Yourself look white and wan | B2 |
And it's O I've walked the night myself | E2 |
To pull the herbs for Ann | C2 |
And some of your knaves were at the hutch | F2 |
And some in the cellarage | G2 |
But the only one that watched with us | H2 |
Was Dennis Shand your page | G2 |
Look on the boy sweet honey lord | V |
How drooped his eyelids be | L |
The rosy colour's not yet back | I |
That paled in serving me | L |
O it's Wife your maids are foolish jades | I2 |
And you're a silly chuck | J2 |
And the lazy knaves shall get their staves | K2 |
About their ears for luck | J2 |
But Dennis Shand may take the cup | L2 |
And pour the wine to his hand | N |
Wife thou shalt touch it with thy lips | M2 |
And drink thou Dennis Shand | N |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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