Hallowe'en Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBBDDEEEEFGHHIIJJ KKLLEECCBBMMNN| A tale we'll tell of what hath been | A |
| When maids and youths kept Hallowe'en | B |
| It is a tale of old world lore | C |
| What happened in the days of yore | C |
| When fairies danced upon the green | B |
| So merrily on Hallowe'en | B |
| And witches did play many a trick | D |
| Assisted by their auld friend Nick | D |
| And lovers meet around the fire | E |
| Near to the one their hearts desire | E |
| For to burn nuts for to discover | E |
| The truthfulness of their lover | E |
| They first did give each nut a name | F |
| This was Sandy that was Jane | G |
| If they did blaze side by side | H |
| She knew her husband he his bride | H |
| But if one up the chimney flew | I |
| One knew the other was not true | I |
| And one sure test did never fail | J |
| Blindfold to find good stock of kale | J |
| To pull the first comes to the hand | K |
| With heavy roots of earth and sand | K |
| For the very weight of mould | L |
| Does denote weight of lovers gold | L |
| In tubs children love to splatter | E |
| Ducking for apples in the water | E |
| For such were the delights of yore | C |
| Which soon will cease for evermore | C |
| At Balmoral Castle Britain's Queen | B |
| Oft' celebrated Hallowe'en | B |
| But Highland landlords now do clear | M |
| Land of men to make room for deer | M |
| But here upon Canadian soil | N |
| A man may own where he doth toil | N |
James Mcintyre
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