Medway Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEAEFAAA AAAAFGHGFAAA IJIJAKLKFAAA AJAJMNANFAAAAir Carnaval de Venise | A |
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LET Housman sing of Severn shore | B |
Of Thames let Arnold sing | C |
But we will sing no river more | B |
Save this where crowbars ring | C |
Let others sing of Henley | D |
Of fashion and renown | E |
But we will sing the thirteen locks | A |
That lead to Tonbridge town | E |
Then sing the Kentish river | F |
The Kentish fields and flowers | A |
We waste no dreams on other streams | A |
Who call the Medway ours | A |
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When on the level golden meads | A |
The evening sunshine lies | A |
The little voles among the reeds | A |
Look out with wondering eyes | A |
The patient anglers linger | F |
The placid stream beside | G |
Where still with towering tarry prow | H |
The stately barges glide | G |
Then sing the Kentish river | F |
The Kentish fields and flowers | A |
We waste no dreams on other streams | A |
Who call the Medway ours | A |
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On Medway banks the May droops white | I |
The wild rose blossoms fair | J |
O'er meadow sweet and loosestrife bright | I |
For water nymphs to wear | J |
And mid the blowing rushes | A |
Pan pipes a joyous song | K |
And woodland things peep from the shade | L |
As soft we glide along | K |
Then sing the Kentish river | F |
The Kentish fields and flowers | A |
We waste no dreams on other streams | A |
Who call the Medway ours | A |
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You see no freight on Medway boats | A |
Of fashions fine and rare | J |
But happy men in shabby coats | A |
And girls with wind kissed hair | J |
The world's a pain forgotten | M |
And very far away | N |
The stream that flows the boat that goes | A |
These are our world to day | N |
Then sing the Kentish river | F |
The Kentish fields and flowers | A |
We waste no dreams on other streams | A |
Who call the Medway ours | A |
Edith Nesbit
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