Dennis Shand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHBHIBEBJKBK GLMLNOPOQLRLESTUEVWV DXLXHLNLYZXZA2B2HC2D 2B2E2C2F2G2H2G2VLILI 2J2K2J2L2NM2N

THE shadows fall along the wallA
It's night at Haye la SerreB
The maidens weave since day grew eveC
The lady's in her chairB
O passing slow the long hours goD
With time to think and sighE
When weary maidens weave beneathF
A listless lady's eyeE
It's two days that Earl Simon's goneG
And it's the second nightH
At Haye la Serre the lady's fairB
In June the moon is lightH
O it's Maids ye'll wake till I come backI
And the hound's i' the lady's chairB
No shuttles fly the work stands byE
It's play at Haye la SerreB
The night is worn the lamp's forlornJ
The shadows waste and failK
There's morning air at Haye la SerreB
The watching maids look paleK
O all unmarked the birds at dawnG
Where drowsy maidens beL
But heard too soon the lark's first tuneM
Beneath the trysting treeL
Hold me thy hand sweet Dennis ShandN
Says the Lady Joan de HayeO
That thou to morrow do forgetP
To day and yesterdayO
For many a weary month to comeQ
My lord keeps house with meL
And sighing summer must lie coldR
In winter's companyL
And many an hour I'll pass thee byE
And see thee and be seenS
Yet not a glance must tell by chanceT
How sweet these hours have beenU
We've all to fear there's Maud the spyE
There's Ann whose face I scor'dV
There's Blanch tells Huot everythingW
And Huot loves my lordV
But O and it's my Dennis 'll knowD
When my eyes look weary dimX
Who finds the gold for his girdle feeL
And who keeps love for himX
The morrow's come and the morrow nightH
It's feast at Haye la SerreL
And Dennis Shand the cup must handN
Beside Earl Simon's chairL
And still when the high pouring's doneY
And cup and flagon clinkZ
Till his lady's lips have touched the brimX
Earl Simon will not drinkZ
But it's Joan my wife Earl Simon saysA2
Your maids are white and wanB2
And it's O she says they've watched the nightH
With Maud's sick sister AnnC2
But it's Lady Joan and Joan my birdD2
Yourself look white and wanB2
And it's O I've walked the night myselfE2
To pull the herbs for AnnC2
And some of your knaves were at the hutchF2
And some in the cellarageG2
But the only one that watched with usH2
Was Dennis Shand your pageG2
Look on the boy sweet honey lordV
How drooped his eyelids beL
The rosy colour's not yet backI
That paled in serving meL
O it's Wife your maids are foolish jadesI2
And you're a silly chuckJ2
And the lazy knaves shall get their stavesK2
About their ears for luckJ2
But Dennis Shand may take the cupL2
And pour the wine to his handN
Wife thou shalt touch it with thy lipsM2
And drink thou Dennis ShandN

Dante Gabriel Rossetti



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