Ha'nacker Mill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD ECECC| Sally is gone that was so kindly | A |
| Sally is gone from Ha'nacker Hill | B |
| And the Briar grows ever since then so blindly | A |
| And ever since then the clapper is still | B |
| And the sweeps have fallen from Ha'nacker Mill | B |
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| Ha'nacker Hill is in Desolation | C |
| Ruin a top and a field unploughed | D |
| And Spirits that call on a fallen nation | C |
| Spirits that loved her calling aloud | D |
| Spirits abroad in a windy cloud | D |
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| Spirits that call and no one answers | E |
| Ha'nacker's down and England's done | C |
| Wind and Thistle for pipe and dancers | E |
| And never a ploughman under the Sun | C |
| Never a ploughman Never a one | C |
Hilaire Belloc
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