Duns Scotus's Oxford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA ACCA DED FDF| Towery city and branchy between towers | A |
| Cuckoo echoing bell swarm egrave d lark charm egrave d rook racked river rounded | B |
| The dapple eared lily below thee that country and town did | C |
| Once encounter in here coped and pois egrave d powers | A |
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| Thou hast a base and brickish skirt there sours | A |
| That neighbour nature thy grey beauty is grounded | C |
| Best in graceless growth thou hast confounded | C |
| Rural rural keeping folk flocks and flowers | A |
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| Yet ah this air I gather and I release | D |
| He lived on these weeds and waters these walls are what | E |
| He haunted who of all men most sways my spirits to peace | D |
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| Of realty the rarest vein egrave d unraveller a not | F |
| Rivalled insight be rival Italy or Greece | D |
| Who fired France for Mary without spot | F |
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