Joseph And Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE G HCBC A IJ K IJ A LMLM K N A OP K OP QK A QK RSTS KU K KU VMVM A WV K WV| JOSEPH | A |
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| Mary art thou the little maid | B |
| Who plucked me flowers in Spring | C |
| I know thee not I feel afraid | B |
| Thou'rt strange this evening | C |
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| A sweet and rustic girl I won | D |
| What time the woods were green | E |
| No woman with deep eyes that shone | F |
| And the pale brows of a Queen | E |
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| MARY inattentive to his words | G |
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| A stranger came with feet of flame | H |
| And told me this strange thing | C |
| For all I was a village maid | B |
| My son should be a King | C |
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| JOSEPH | A |
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| A King dear wife Who ever knew | I |
| Of Kings in stables born | J |
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| MARY | K |
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| Do you hear in the dark and starlit blue | I |
| The clarion and the horn | J |
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| JOSEPH | A |
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| Mary alas lest grief and joy | L |
| Have sent thy wits astray | M |
| But let me look on this my boy | L |
| And take the wraps away | M |
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| MARY | K |
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| Behold the lad | N |
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| JOSEPH | A |
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| I dare not gaze | O |
| Light streams from every limb | P |
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| MARY | K |
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| The winter sun has stored his rays | O |
| And passed the fire to him | P |
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| Look Eastward look I hear a sound | Q |
| O Joseph what do you see | K |
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| JOSEPH | A |
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| The snow lies quiet on the ground | Q |
| And glistens on the tree | K |
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| The sky is bright with a star's great light | R |
| And clearly I behold | S |
| Three Kings descending yonder hill | T |
| Whose crowns are crowns of gold | S |
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| O Mary what do you hear and see | K |
| With your brow toward the West | U |
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| MARY | K |
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| The snow lies glistening on the tree | K |
| And silent on Earth's breast | U |
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| And strong and tall with lifted eyes | V |
| Seven shepherds walk this way | M |
| And angels breaking from the skies | V |
| Dance and sing hymns and pray | M |
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| JOSEPH | A |
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| I wonder much at these bright Kings | W |
| The shepherds I despise | V |
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| MARY | K |
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| You know not what a shepherd sings | W |
| Nor see his shining eyes | V |
James Elroy Flecker
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