May Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC ADAD ABAB| Will you go a maying a maying a maying | A |
| Come and be my Queen of May and pluck the may with me | B |
| The fields are full of daisy buds and new lambs playing | A |
| The bird is on the nest dear the blossom's on the tree | B |
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| If I go with you if I go a maying | A |
| To be your Queen and wear my crown this May day bright | C |
| Hand in hand straying it must be only playing | A |
| And playtime ends at sunset and then good night | C |
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| For I have heard of maidens who laughed and went a maying | A |
| Went out queens and lost their crowns and came back slaves | D |
| I will be no young man's slave submitting and obeying | A |
| Bearing chains as those did even to their graves | D |
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| If you come a maying a straying a playing | A |
| We will pluck the little flowers enough for you and me | B |
| And when the day dies end our one day's playing | A |
| Give a kiss and take a kiss and go home free | B |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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