The Death Of Robin Hood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBHB IJKJ ABLB MFNF OPQP RSTS UIVI WBXB| Give me my bow said Robin Hood | A |
| An arrow give to me | B |
| And where 't is shot mark thou that spot | C |
| For there my grave shall be | B |
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| Then Little John did make no sign | D |
| And not a word he spake | E |
| But he smiled altho' with mickle woe | F |
| His heart was like to break | E |
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| He raised his master in his arms | G |
| And set him on his knee | B |
| And Robin's eyes beheld the skies | H |
| The shaws the greenwood tree | B |
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| The brook was babbling as of old | I |
| The birds sang full and clear | J |
| And the wild flowers gay like a carpet lay | K |
| In the path of the timid deer | J |
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| O Little John said Robin Hood | A |
| Meseemeth now to be | B |
| Standing with you so stanch and true | L |
| Under the greenwood tree | B |
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| And all around I hear the sound | M |
| Of Sherwood long ago | F |
| And my merry men come back again | N |
| You know sweet friend you know | F |
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| Now mark this arrow where it falls | O |
| When I am dead dig deep | P |
| And bury me there in the greenwood where | Q |
| I would forever sleep | P |
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| He twanged his bow Upon its course | R |
| The clothyard arrow sped | S |
| And when it fell in yonder dell | T |
| Brave Robin Hood was dead | S |
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| The sheriff sleeps in a marble vault | U |
| The king in a shroud of gold | I |
| And upon the air with a chanted pray'r | V |
| Mingles the mock of mould | I |
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| But the deer draw to the shady pool | W |
| The birds sing blithe and free | B |
| And the wild flow'rs bloom o'er a hidden tomb | X |
| Under the greenwood tree | B |
Eugene Field
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