A-shelling Peas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHEHE IJIJKEKE LMLMNENE| Now all the world is green and bright | A |
| Outside the latticed pane | B |
| The fields are decked with gold and white | A |
| And Spring has come again | C |
| But though the world be fair without | D |
| With flow'rs and waving trees | E |
| 'Tis pleasanter to be about | D |
| Where Nell's a shelling peas | E |
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| Her eyes are blue as cloudless skies | F |
| And dimples deck her cheeks | G |
| Whilst soft lights loiter in her eyes | F |
| Whene'er she smiles or speaks | G |
| So all the sunlit morning tide | H |
| I dally at mine ease | E |
| To loaf at slender Nelly's side | H |
| When Nell's a shelling peas | E |
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| This bard who sits a watching Nell | I |
| With fingers white and slim | J |
| Owns up that as she breaks each shell | I |
| She also breaks up him | J |
| And could devoutly drop upon | K |
| Submissive bended knees | E |
| To worship Nell with apron on | K |
| A saint a shelling peas | E |
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| The tucked up muslin sleeves disclose | L |
| Her round arms white and bare | M |
| 'Tis only shelling peas that shows | L |
| Those dainty dimples there | M |
| Old earth owns many sights to see | N |
| That captivate and please | E |
| The most bewitching sight for me | N |
| Is Nell a shelling peas | E |
Harry 'breaker' Harbord Morant
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