An Olde Lyric Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBDED A FGFGEDFC| I | A |
| - | |
| Oh saw ye my own true love I praye | B |
| My own true love so sweete | C |
| For the flowers have lightly toss'd awaye | B |
| The prynte of her faery feete | C |
| Now how can we telle if she passed us bye | B |
| Is she darke or fayre to see | D |
| Like sloes are her eyes or blue as the skies | E |
| Is't braided her haire or free | D |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Oh never by outward looke or signe | F |
| My true love shall ye knowe | G |
| There be many as fayre and many as fyne | F |
| And many as brighte to showe | G |
| But if ye coude looke with angel's eyes | E |
| Which into the soule can see | D |
| She then would be seene as the matchless Queene | F |
| Of Love and of Puritie | C |
Horace Smith
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