An Craoibhin Complains Because He Is A Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKI LMCI NIOP QRIK| It's my grief that I am not a little white duck | A |
| And I'd swim over the sea to France or to Spain | B |
| I would not stay in Ireland for one week only | C |
| To be without eating without drinking without a full jug | D |
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| Without a full jug without eating without drinking | E |
| Without a feast to get without wine without meat | F |
| Without high dances without a big name without music | G |
| There is hunger on me and I astray this long time | H |
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| It's my grief that I am not an old crow | I |
| I would sit for awhile up on the old branch | J |
| I could satisfy my hunger and I not as I am | K |
| With a grain of oats or a white potato | I |
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| It's my grief that I am not a red fox | L |
| Leaping strong and swift on the mountains | M |
| Eating cocks and hens without pity | C |
| Taking ducks and geese as a conquerer | I |
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| It's my grief that I am not a bright salmon | N |
| Going through the strong full water | I |
| Catching the mayflies by my craft | O |
| Swimming at my choice and swimming with the stream | P |
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| It's my grief that I am of the race of the poets | Q |
| It would be better for me to be a high rock | R |
| Or a stone or a tree or an herb or a flower | I |
| Or anything at all but the thing that I am | K |
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory
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