Adam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C BDEF GFBF BBHB CIBI| The Text of this half carol half ballad is taken from the Sloane MS whence we get Saint Stephen and King Herod and other charming pieces like the well known carol 'I syng of a mayden ' It is written in eight long lines in the MS | A |
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| The Story Wright who printed the above MS for the Warton Club in remarks that Adam was supposed to have remained bound in the limbus patrum from the time of his death until the Crucifixion In the romance of Owain Miles Cotton MS Calig A ii the bishops told Owain that Adam was 'yn helle with Lucyfere' for four thousand six hundred and four years On account of this tradition incorporated in the carol I have ventured to include it as a ballad although it does not find a place in Professor Child's collection | B |
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| ADAM | C |
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| Adam lay i bowndyn | B |
| bowndyn in a bond | D |
| Fowre thowsand wynter | E |
| thowt he not to long | F |
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| And al was for an appil | G |
| an appil that he tok | F |
| As clerkes fyndyn wretyn | B |
| in here book | F |
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| Ne hadde the appil take ben | B |
| the appil taken ben | B |
| Ne hadde never our lady | H |
| a ben hevene qwen | B |
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| Blyssid be the tyme | C |
| that appil take was | I |
| Therfore we mown syngyn | B |
| Deo gracias | I |
Frank Sidgwick
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