The Three Maidens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGB| There were three maidens met on the highway | A |
| The sun was down the night was late | B |
| And two sang loud with the birds of May | A |
| O the nightingale is merry with its mate | B |
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| Said they to the youngest Why walk you there so still | C |
| The land is dark the night is late | B |
| O but the heart in my side is ill | C |
| And the nightingale will languish for its mate | B |
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| Said they to the youngest Of lovers there is store | D |
| The moon mounts up the night is late | B |
| O I shall look on man no more | D |
| And the nightingale is dumb without its mate | B |
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| Said they to the youngest Uncross your arms and sing | E |
| The moon mounts high the night is late | B |
| O my dear lover can hear no thing | E |
| And the nightingale sings only to its mate | B |
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| They slew him in revenge and his true love was his lure | F |
| The moon is pale the night is late | B |
| His grave is shallow on the moor | F |
| O the nightingale is dying for its mate | B |
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| His blood is on his breast and the moss roots at his hair | G |
| The moon is chill the night is late | B |
| But I will lie beside him there | G |
| O the nightingale is dying for its mate | B |
George Meredith
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