The Pedlar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJDKDK DJDJHBHB| FLY fly my pretty pigeon fly | A |
| And see if you can find him | B |
| He has blue eyes you'll know him by | A |
| He wears a pack behind him | B |
| He's gone away ah many a mile | C |
| Because he could not please me | D |
| And oh 'twill be a weary while | C |
| Ere next he comes to tease me | D |
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| He carries wares of every kind | E |
| Fine ribbons silks and laces | F |
| Bargains to rhyme with every mind | E |
| And hues to suit all faces | F |
| He has gold rings and pretty things | G |
| That other maids will throng for | H |
| Ah pigeon spread your pretty wings | G |
| And fly to him I long for | H |
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| Tell him to turn and come again | I |
| For once I sent him packing | J |
| He offered me a bargain then | I |
| But wit and price were lacking | J |
| I have the price he asked of me | D |
| The wit that will not weigh it | K |
| Ah bid him come again and see | D |
| How gladly I will pay it | K |
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| A heart of gold he offered me | D |
| As 'twere a penny fairing | J |
| And only asked a worthless fee | D |
| This heavy heart I'm wearing | J |
| I would not then now long and drear | H |
| The white way winds behind him | B |
| Ah seek him seek him Pigeon dear | H |
| But you will never find him | B |
Edith Nesbit
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