The May-queen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DBEEB FBGGB FBCCB| Like flights of singing birds went by | A |
| The cheerful hours of girlhood's day | B |
| When in my native bowers | C |
| Of simple buds and flowers | C |
| They wove a crown and hailed me Queen of May | B |
| - | |
| Like airy sprites the lasses came | D |
| Spring's offerings at my feet to lay | B |
| The crystal from the fountain | E |
| The green bough from the mountain | E |
| They brought to cheer and shade the Queen of May | B |
| - | |
| Around the May pole on the green | F |
| A fairy ring they tripped away | B |
| All merriment and pleasure | G |
| To chords of tuneful measure | G |
| They bounded by the happy Queen of May | B |
| - | |
| Though years have passed and Time has strown | F |
| My raven locks with flakes of gray | B |
| Fond Memory brings the hours | C |
| Of buds and blossom showers | C |
| When in girlhood I was crowned the Queen of May | B |
George Pope Morris
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The May-queen poem by George Pope Morris
Best Poems of George Pope Morris