Maiden And Weathercock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD EFFGG HHEE IIJJ AKKLL EFFMM NNOO| MAIDEN | A |
| O weathercock on the village spire | B |
| With your golden feathers all on fire | C |
| Tell me what can you see from your perch | D |
| Above there over the tower of the church | D |
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| WEATHERCOCK | E |
| I can see the roofs and the streets below | F |
| And the people moving to and fro | F |
| And beyond without either roof or street | G |
| The great salt sea and the fisherman's fleet | G |
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| I can see a ship come sailing in | H |
| Beyond the headlands and harbor of Lynn | H |
| And a young man standing on the deck | E |
| With a silken kerchief round his neck | E |
| - | |
| Now he is pressing it to his lips | I |
| And now he is kissing his finger tips | I |
| And now he is lifting and waving his hand | J |
| And blowing the kisses toward the land | J |
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| MAIDEN | A |
| Ah that is the ship from over the sea | K |
| That is bringing my lover back to me | K |
| Bringing my lover so fond and true | L |
| Who does not change with the wind like you | L |
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| WEATHERCOCK | E |
| If I change with all the winds that blow | F |
| It is only because they made me so | F |
| And people would think it wondrous strange | M |
| If I a Weathercock should not change | M |
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| O pretty Maiden so fine and fair | N |
| With your dreamy eyes and your golden hair | N |
| When you and your lover meet to day | O |
| You will thank me for looking some other way | O |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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