Perdita Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGIJKJ ALMLNOPO AQRQSTAT AUKUVWKW| The sea coast of Bohemia | A |
| Is pleasant to the view | B |
| When singing larks spring from the grass | C |
| To fade into the blue | B |
| And all the hawthorn hedges break | D |
| In wreaths of purest snow | E |
| And yellow daffodils are out | F |
| And roses half in blow | E |
| - | |
| The sea coast of Bohemia | A |
| Is sad as sad can be | G |
| The prince has ta'en our flower of maids | H |
| Across the violet sea | G |
| Our Perdita has gone with him | I |
| No more we dance the round | J |
| Upon the green in joyous play | K |
| Or wake the tabor's sound | J |
| - | |
| The sea coast of Bohemia | A |
| Has many wonders seen | L |
| The shepherd lass wed with a king | M |
| The shepherd with a queen | L |
| But such a wonder as my love | N |
| Was never seen before | O |
| It is my joy and sorrow now | P |
| To love her evermore | O |
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| The sea coast of Bohemia | A |
| Is haunted by a light | Q |
| Of memory fair of lady's eyes | R |
| And fame of gallant knight | Q |
| The princes seek its charm d strand | S |
| But ah it was our knell | T |
| When o'er the sea our Perdita | A |
| Went with young Florizel | T |
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| The sea coast of Bohemia | A |
| Is not my resting place | U |
| For with her waned from out the day | K |
| A beauty and a grace | U |
| O had I kissed her on the lips | V |
| I would no longer weep | W |
| But live by that until the day | K |
| I fall to shade and sleep | W |
James Hebblethwaite
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